Gazania. | COMPOSIT& ( Harv.) 477 
segments 2—3-seriate, short, the outer linear, leafy, strigose, inner from 
an ovate base semi-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, memb.-edged, glabrous. 
Less. ! Syn. 46. DC.1. 510. Bot. Reg. t. 35. Gorteria rigens, Th.! Cap. 
698 (Herb. / ex pte ). Gort. Pavonia, Andr. Rep. t.523. Gazania, 6132, 
Drege? G. pinnata, DC. Ll. ¢. 509 (sp. ex Drege ). 
Var. £, hirtella; smaller, with less compound leaves ; petiole rigidly ciliate ; 
inv. hairy. G. hirtella, DC./ l.c. 511. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Var. y.? Zeyheri; stem branching at base, branches short, diffuse; cauline and 
subradical leaves long-petioled, scabrous above, sub-bipinnatisect, the lobes in several 
pairs, very obtuse, the upper ones often with 1-2 obtuse, spreading lobules, the mar- 
gins reflexed, ciliolate ; petiole ciliate ; inv. glabrous. (Herb. Sond.) 
Has. Roadsides, &c. near Capetown, also in Zwartland and Groenekloof, Thund./ 
£.&Z.! Dr.Thom! &c. B, Paarl, Drege! y, R. Zondereinde, near Appel’s kraal, 
Zey./ 3015. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stems short, ascending or procumbent, leafy at base. Leaves 3-9 inches long, 
variably pinnate, sometimes undivided and lanceolate. Flowers large and showy, 
the rays bright orange, with a black or eyed spot at base. Best known from G. 
pinata by its inv. scales. Var.%y, founded on a single specimen in Hb. Sond., has 
remarkably compound foliage, and may perhaps be a distinct species. 
14. G. arctotoides (Less. ! Syn. 48); rhizome slender, multifid; sub- 
radical leaves petioled, glabrous (or cobwebbed) and smooth above, 
white beneath, mostly pinnatipartite, the lobes short, obovate, obtuse or 
acute, cartilagineo-serrulate along the margin ; pedune. cobwebbed ; 
inv. cylindrical, few-flowered, subtomentose ; scales-2-seriate, the outer 
deltoid, acute, inner ovate, subobtuse, all very short. DC. l. ¢. 510. 
Has. Gamko, Mundt and Maire! (Herb. Sond.) 
Leaves 2-23 inches long, lobes 4-5-pair, 3 lines long, 1 lime wide. Inv. § inch 
long, 3-4 1. wide at summit, 13 1. at base. I have only seen a very poor specimen. 
15. G. longifolia (Less. Syn. 48); rhizome multifid; subradical lvs. 
thickish, unequal, flexuous, acute or obtuse, callous-mucronate, elon- 
gate, shortly petioled, tapering much at base, smooth and glabrous above, 
except on the nerve white beneath, the margin reflexed and callouws- 
ciliate, some leaves quite entire, spathulate, some sinuate and some 
deeply pinnatifid, with linear divergent segments; inv. cylindr., smooth, 
at length glabrate, its lobes 2-seriate, the inner ovate, obtuse, membr.- 
edged, the outer much smaller. Less. l. c. abbrev. DC. l. ¢. 510. 
Has. Schietfontein, Lichtenstein. Olifant’s R., and near Gamko, Mundt and 
Maire. Cape, E.& Z.? (Herb. Sd. %) 
Of this I have seen no authentic specimens; but 2 specimens in Hb. Sd., collected 
by £. & Z., agree pretty well with the above character, The name “ longifolia” is 
unhappy, as many have much longer leaves. Lys. 2-4 inches long. Heads rather 
small; rays orange, with a black spot at base, 
16. G. leptophylla (DC. ! 1. c. 512); crown woody, multifid ; subra- 
dical leaves narrow-linear, flexuous, tapering into a ciliolate petiole, 
either quite entire or pinnatifid toward the apex, the lobes narrow, 
short, quite glabrous above, tomentose with revolute margins beneath ; 
pedune. glabrous, longer than the leaves ; inv. cylindrical, truncate at 
base, glabrous ; lobes 3-seriate, the outer few, narrow-linear, reflexed, 
inner broadly ovate, obtuse, membr.-edged, biseriate, all very short. 
Has. Zeekoe R., Drege’ (Herb. Hk.) 
