Plate 3. 

 AKCTOTIS fosteri.* 



Clanwilliam. 



Compositae. Tribe Aectotideae. 

 Arctotis, Linn. ; Benth. et HooTc.f. Gen. Plant vol. ii. p. 458. 



Arctotis Fosteri, N.E. Br. 



Arctotus Fosteri; Herbacea, 60-90 cm. alta. Folia inferiora lyrato-pinnati- 

 secta, 30-40 cm. longa, 7-9 cm. lata, longe petiolata, ambitu obovato- 

 oblonga, lobis lateralibus utrinque 3-4, oblongis subacutis dentatis, lobo 

 terminali latissime ovato obtuso grandidentato ; folia superiora sessilia, 

 lanceolata, acuta, subintegra ; omnia supra parce pubescentia, subtus 

 albo-lanata. Pedunculi 17-19 cm. longi, striati, pubescentes. Capitula 

 7-9 cm. diametro. Involucri bracteae exteriores ovatae, subulato-caudatae, 

 virides ; interiores oblongo-obovatae, obtusae, apice membranaceae, rube- 

 scentes. Radii /lores acuti, albi vel carnei, subtus purpurei, quisque basi 

 maculo nigro et aurantiaco instructi. Disci flores nigro-brunnei, antheribus 

 luteis. Fappi squamae lanceolatae, acutae vel subobtusae. Ovarium 

 villosum.— N. E. Brown. 



Gape Province : Clanwilliam Division, near Clanwilliam, Foster. 



This handsome species of Arctotis was raised in the Garden 

 of the Division of Botany, Pretoria, from seed received in 

 1916 from Mr. C. Foster, of Clanwilliam, after whom I have 

 much pleasure in naming it. The large size of the flower 



* Note. — Having been asked by Dr. Pole Evans to see the proofs of the 

 first sheets of this new work through the press, he empowered me to make 

 any change of nomenclature that might be necessary. For owing to the 

 want of types and some of the rarer books at Pretoria, it is not always 

 possible to make correct identifications there. From this cause the plants 

 represented upon Plates 3 and 4 were misidentified, and the names " Arctotis 

 decurrens " and " Cyrtanthus angustifolius " already printed upon the plates 

 before they came into my hands for verification and found to represent new 

 species. I have therefore substituted new names for these two plants, and 

 have added Latin descriptions compiled from the drawings and Dr. Phillips' 

 English descriptions, which have not been altered. 



It may not be out of place to state that the true Arctotis decurrens, Jacq. 

 (which this species was supposed to be), differs by the basal leaves having 

 usually only one small lobe or (grown under the condition of much moisture 

 in a rich soil) two lobes on each side, and an elongated ovate oblong terminal 

 lobe twice or more than twice as long as broad; the branching stem and 

 peduncles have small entire leaves scattered along them ; the ray florets are 

 without a yellow spot at the base, and the pappus-scales are truncate (not 

 pointed) at the tips. — N. E, Brown. 



