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ARCTOTIS SPECIOSA. SHEewy ARCTOTIS. 
Class and Order. | 
SynGenesIA Potycamia Necessarta. 
Generic Character. 
_Recept. setoso-alveolatum. Semina dorso semibiloculari v. 
bisulco. Pappus paleaceus. Cal. imbricatus squamis apice 
scariosis. Brown in Hort. Kew. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Arcroris speciosa ; acaulis, foliis lyrato-pinnatifidis subtus 
incanis triplinerviis, scapis teretibus striatis, squamis 
calycinis exterioribus linearibus recurvis. 
Arcrotis speciosa ; flosculis radiantibus fertilibus, foliis pu- 
bescentibus subtus tomentosis pinnatifidis dentatis, lobo 
terminali triangulo trinervio, scapo foliis breviore, calycis 
squamis exterioribus reflexis. Walld. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2350. 
Arcrotis speciosa ; corollulis radiantibus fertilibus, acaulis, 
foliis longe lyratis argute serratis. Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. 
2. p. 18. t. 161. : 
Arcrotis breviscapa ; foliis pinnatifidis dentatis subtus to- 
mentosis, scapis folio brevioribus. Thunb. prodr. 165? 
Descr. Root perennial or biennial. Leaves all radical : 
some quite entire, others lyrate-pinnatifid, crenate, dentate : 
terminal lobe triplinerved, rough and tomentose on the upper 
and hoary on the under side. Scapes several, rounded, 
streaked, hispid with purplish hairs. Bractes one or two, 
distant, subulate, deciduous. Calyx imbricate ; inner scales 
largest, smooth, scariose, external ones linear, hairy and re- 
curved. Florets of the Ray long, minutely 3-toothed, 4- 
nerved, orange-coloured on the inner side with a black purple 
Spot at the base, and streaked-with purplish red on the outer. 
wee cas Florets 
