Plate 2376. 



GERBERA PARVA, N. E, Br. 

 Composite:. Tribe Mutisiace.e. 



G. parva, N. E. Brown in Kew BulleL 189o, 27; herba concinna 

 acauhs, foliis longe et graciliter petiolatis lamina late ovato-elliptioa 

 obtusa basi cordata repaiulo-denticulata supra fere oumino glabra 

 subtus breviter et laxe piloso-tomentella, scapo foliis 2-4-plo longiore 

 supra medium^ plus minus tomentoso apicem versus siepe squauiulis 

 paucis subulatis instructo, involucro disco sequilongo turbinate, squainis 

 purpureo^ tinctis biseriatis cum paucis brevioribus lineari-oblongis 

 acuminatis, receptaculo ut videtur leviter foveolato, floribus radii 

 uniseriatis ligula exteriore 3-dentata, labio interiore ad dentes parvos 

 redacto y. fere obsoleto, floribus disci cum labiis subsequilongls, pappi 



setis uniseriatis basi brevissime coalitis ovario lonijioribus scabridis 

 albidis. 



. H-^. South Africa ; in the Drakensbers:, a damp place by Bushman's 

 nver, 6000-7000 feet, Evmis (No. 57). 



\s,f''^''V^'^ Petiolo 1^-21 poll, longa, lamina i-f poll, longa, 4-6 lin, 

 1 n ^. ^^^^^ 31-4^ poll, longus. (7«;n^w/a florifera, cum radiis, f-1 

 poll. diam. Aniherce basi caudate, apice in appendicem membranaceam 

 obtusam products. 



to ^ ^^-JS^^* kittle species, ' very like Bellis perennis at first/ according 

 n /ri'- ^'^^^^ i perhaps more nearly resembling Bellis rotitndifolia or 

 ^^f'tidiastrum Michelii. It was only found in one locality.— D. Oliver. 



5 Sf^vi^" ^fy-fl»^et- 2. Seta of pappus of same. 3. Disk-floret. 4. Stamens. 

 °- ^tyle. All enlarged. 



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