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Gazania uniflora. Golden-flowered 

 Gazania. 



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Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea. 



Generic Character. 



Uecept. epaleatum (nudum ; v. alveola turn germinibus 

 exsertis). Semina villosissima. Pappus piloso-paleaceus 

 Col. monophyllus : tubo foliolis imbricatis tecto v. nudo. 

 Brown. 



Specific Character. 



Gazania uniflora ; caule fruticoso decumbente, foliis spa- 



thulato-lanceolatis subtus tomentosis, scapo unifloro 



calyceque glaberrimis, radio concolore. 

 Gorteria uniflora; herbacea, foliis obovato-oblongis ob- 



tusis subtus niveo-tomentosis, caule decumbente, pe- 



dunculis unifloris. Thumb. Prodr. 162. Act. Soc. 



Nat. Hqfn. v. 4. pars. 2. p. 5. t. 2. /. 2. 

 Gorteria uniflora; caulibus unifloris depressis, foliis lance- 



olatis indivisis subtus tomentosis. Lin. Suppl. p. 382. 



Si/st. Veg. ed. 14. p. 784. 



The habit of this plant is exactly that of Gazania rigens 

 (Gorteria rigens. not. Mag. t. 90), and the leaves shew 

 somewhat of the same tendency to become lobed. But the 

 calyx is smoother than that of the latter, which, though other- 

 wise smooth, has ciliated segments ; the flower is much smaller, 

 and wants the dark purple eye at the base of the ray, this 

 part and the disk being of one uniform colour, except a 

 slight increase of intensity towards the base of the ligulae. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sea coast, near 

 the river Zecko. Flowers in July and August. Propagated 

 by cuttings. Communicated by Mr. Joseph Knight, from 

 his extensive collection at the Exotic Nursery, Kings-road. 



