Plate 5. 



GERBERA jamesoni. 



Transvaal. 



Compositae. Tribe Mutisiaceae. 

 Gerbera, Oronov.; Benth. et Hoolc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 497. 



Gerbera Jamesoni, Bolus; Gard. Chron., 1889, vol. 5, p. 772. fig. 122; 



Bot. Mag. t. 7087. 



This plant, the " Barberton Daisy," has attracted much 

 attention in recent years as an addition to the herbaceous 

 garden. 



It was first discovered in the Transvaal by the collector 

 Rehmann about 1878, and later by the Hon. R. Jameson on 

 the mountains round Barberton. In 1889 it flowered at Kew 

 Gardens and was illustrated in the Gardener's Chronicle for 

 that year. Shortly afterwards a coloured plate and descrip- 

 tion appeared in the Botanical Magazine (t. 7087). The 

 specific name was proposed by the late Dr. Bolus, who himself 

 collected the species at Barberton. 



A mass of these plants in full bloom is very striking, the 

 scarlet rays standing out in strong contrast to the green 

 leaves. 



The specimen from which the present illustration was 

 made flowered at the Botanical Laboratories, Pretoria. 



Description : — Root stock perennial. Leaves basal, numerous, 

 22-45 cm. long, 5-10 cm. broad, somewhat oblong in general 

 outline, deeply lobed, with the terminal lobe broadly ovate, 

 acute, pubescent on both surfaces, especially on the veins 

 beneath ; petiole 25-40 cm. long, terete, pilose, tinged with red 

 at the base. Peduncle 25-40 cm. long, terete, pilose, bearing 

 a solitary capitulum. Capitulum 8-10 cm. in diameter when 

 fully expanded. Involucral-bracts about 3-seriate, 1-1*5 cm. 

 long, lanceolate, acuminate, acute, woolly. Receptacle flat, 

 naked. Ray-florets female, scarlet to spectrum-red (R.G.S.) ; 

 lower limb represented by 2 linear strongly reflexed lobes. 



