Gazania.} COMPOSIT (Harv.) 471 
straight hairs, the inner se. ciliate with the same; rays twice as long as 
the involucre. 
Has. Near the Gariep, Drege’ Namaqualand, A.Wyley/ (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem 1-2 ft. high, fistular. Radical leaves not seen ; cauline 14-24 inches long, 
3-4 lines wide, very bristly. Rays beneath green in the middle, with a yellow 
border ; above yellow. White hairs of invol, very conspicuous, 2-3 lines long. 
CXXXIV. GAZANTIA, Gaertn. 
Heads radiate; ray-fl. ligulate, neuter ; dise-fl. 5-toothed, perfect. 
Recept. honeycombed, the cells shallow. nv. sc. in 2 or several rows, 
concrete below into an urceolate cup, toothed round the apex. F%. 
smooth. Achenes wingless, very villous. Pappus biseriate, of very 
delicate, scarious, toothed scales, often hidden in the wool of the achene. 
DC. Prodr, 6, p. 508. 
Herbaceous, mostly perennial, rarely annual plants, stemless or caulescent. Lys, 
either crowded at the crown of the root, or scattered along the stem, variable in 
shape on the same plant, Pedunc. nude, t-headed. Heads frequently of large size, 
and very showy; the rays yellow or orange, dark brown or reflecting peacock-colours 
at base ; dise-fl. dark. Name said to be from ya(a, riches, from the brightness of 
the flowers. The species are extremely variable and difficult to define ; I have re- 
jected several that seem to me to be insufficiently defined ; perhaps further evidence 
may alter the limits of several here retained. 
A. Perennial, caulescent and branching ; branches alternately leafy :— 
Inv. woolly ; fl.-heads small ; rays yellow, not spotted (1) uniflora. 
Inv. glabrous; fi.-heads large; rays orange, eye-spotted 
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B. Perennial, stemless or nearly so ; rootstock woody, simple or multifid; leaves 
radical or tufted at the ends of the short branches : 
Leaves quite glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous ... (3) Othonnites. 
Leaves glabrous, smooth or rough with hard points on 
the upper, hoary on the under surface : 
Tny. sc. as long as the tube or longer, very much acuminate: 
_ Inv. truncate and ringed above the conical base : 
Lys. linear-subulate, ciliate at base; ped. 
pilose... 1. see eevee vee see (4) Stebullata. 
Lys. lin.-lanceolate or pinnatisect ; ped. 
long, glabrous... ... ... ... + — (§) longiscapa. 
Inv. subtruncate, not ringed ; pedunce. hairy ; 
Ivs. pinnate ... -..  -. ese cee see coe (12) pinmata, y. 
Inv. se. shorter than the tube, the inner acute or acuminate: 
Leaf-lobes spinous-mucronate or bristle-pointed : 
Dwarf; leaf-lobes linear, spinous-mucronate (6) jurinesfolia. 
Leaf-lobes lanceolate, tipped with a long 
Pew ns bje 10nd “paw ee Smeg s(i ody (9) SEROTORRER. 
Leaf-lobes not conspicuously mucronate : 
Lé-lobes scaberulous above, obovate or 
oblong, serrulate ; pedunc. as long as : 
leaves, or longer ... (8) varians. 
Leaf-lobes linear, acute, spinoso-ciliate ; 
outer inv. scales linear-filiform, medial 
deltoid, inner semi-lanceolate ... ...  (g) oxyloba. 
Lf£.-lobes (few) linear, acute ; lvs. mostly 
linear-lanceolate, ciliato-serrulate ; inv. 
sc. semi-lanceol., acuminate, the outer 
anhbe SS ets gos 0) ervalata. 
