520 COMPOSIT ( Harv.) [ Gerbera 
Sect. 1. Eu-Gerpera. (Sp. 1-7.) 
1. G. asplenifolia (Spr. Syst. 3, 576); leaves pinnatifid or pinnati- 
sect, rufo-tomentose beneath, lobes roundish, concave, with revolute 
margins, the terminal not larger than the rest; scape cobwebbed or 
woolly, bracteolate; pappus rufous. DC. l. ¢.15. Arnica Gerbera, 
Linn. Sp. 1246. Th.! Cap. 669.. Burm. Afr. t. 56. f. 1. Lam. I. t. 
679, f 5: 
Var. §. linearis; leaves linear, with revolute margins, quite entire or runcinate- 
toothed (on the same root), 
Has. Round Capetown and Simonstown, frequent. Drakenstein, Drege/ Caledon 
Baths, £. § Z./ Pappe! 8. Voorman’s Bosch, Swell., Zey.! 3078, pte. (Herb. 
Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Leaves narrow, 4-6 in. long, petioled ; lobes glossy above, 2-4 1. long and wide. 
The leaves vary much in degree of incision, and the inv. sc. in comparative breadth, 
and in indument. Rays purple. A very handsome plant, with fern-like leaves. 
2. G. ferruginea (DC.! 1. c. 15); leaves long-petioled, oblong, re- 
motely denticulate, subsinuate, with narrow, revolute margins, glabrous 
above, rusty-tomentose beneath; scape minutely velvetty-pubescent 
above the middle, squamellose ; iny. sc. about 3-seriate, lanceolate, 
subglabrous; pappus rufous. Gerb. sinuata, Less.! in Iinn. 1830, 292. 
Arnica serrata, Th.! Cap. 669. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Swellendam and Outeniqualand, Drege/ E. § Z./ Voor- 
mansbosch, Zey./ 3079. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
The leaves in Thunberg’s specimen are narrower than in Drege’s ; in other respects 
the plants seem identical. Petioles 1-3 in. long, glabrous: lamina 23-3 in. long, 
4-1} in. wide, obtuse at base. Possibly merely a broad and short, subundivided 
leaved form of G. asplenifolia ; its rufous pappus distinguishes it from G. sinuata. 
8. G. integralis (Sond. !); leaves long-petioled, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
cuneate or tapering at base, entire, on both sides quite glabrous, with 
minutely revolute edges; scapes scaly, glabrous; inv. sc. 3-seriate, 
glabrous ; pappus rufous. 
Has. Cape Flats, 2. § Z./ Near Capetown, W.H.H. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Though the leaves, at a glance, seem to be perfectly entire, a lens shows indica- 
tions of distant, very minute, reversed denticles, which would become runcinate 
teeth if developed ; these, taken with the rufous pappus, indicate an affinity with 
G. ferruginea, rather than G. Burmanni. But if a variety of that species, it is at 
least so strongly characterised as to deserve a name. 
4, G. tomentosa (DC.! 1. c. 16); leaves petioled, cordate or oblong, 
subcordate at base, entire or repando-denticled, glabrous above, per- 
sistently rufo-tomentose beneath ; petioles, scapes and inv. se. rufo- 
tomentose, the scapes mostly without bracts, inv. sc. in 3 or seve 
rows, acuminate, more or less distinctly blackened at the tip; pappus 
rufous, Gerbera hirsuta, Spr., non Th. 
A 8. lanata; toment very thick and copious; the scapes and inv. densely 
woo y- 
Has. Hott. Holl. and Caledon, Z. ¢ Z.! Langekloof and Drakensteinberg, 
Drege! Genadendahl, Dr. Roser! Zwarteberg, Pappe! 8. Hott. Holl. Bowie! Zey- 
3077. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) i 
Much more tomentose than G. ferruginea, with woolly involucres. It varies con- 
siderably in the size of the fl. heads, and in the number of rows of inv. scales. 
Leaves 24-4 in. long, 1}-2 in. wide ; petioles 2-3 in. long. : 
