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blotch at the base of the petals, and a disk of 
purplish-black ; though at one time in culti- 
vation, living plants are now unknov^n. 
G. subulata. — A handsome species with 
leaves of two shapes, some being long and 
narrow and others cut into two or three lobes 
upon either side ; yellow flowers of to 3 
inches upon hairy stems, with a blotch of 
purplish-black at the base of the petals, and 
shaded with purple beneath. July and August. 
Cape. 1792. Syn. Arctot'n staticafo/ia, and 
Miissinia linearis. 
G. temiifolia. — A pretty annual kind of trail- 
ing habit, with leaves cut into lobes and rolled 
at the edges, and a profusion of small yellow 
flowers with a ring of dark spots towards the 
centre. Namaqualand. 
G. unijiora. — Not a showy plant but very 
distinct, with a loose habit of growth and 
trailing stems bearing leaves often entire but 
sometimes cut, and yellow flowers during July 
and August, \\ X.o 1 inches wide, and shaded 
with brownish-purple beneath. Cape. 1816. 
Syns. Gorteria or Miissinia unijiora. 
These are now so many that 
Named Hybrids, only the best and most dis- 
tinct plants of each series 
can be noticed ; such choice kinds are : — 
Bianca (Dammann), sulphur-yellow passing 
to white, with a ring of violet spots and a 
blue line on the reverse of the petals ; Bloniiine 
(Dammann), a fine kind with large pale yellow 
flowers passing to deep orange at the base of 
the petals, relieved by a zone of white specks ; 
Couronne (Lemoine), a broad-petalled white 
flower with a wide ring of dark spots sur- 
rounding a golden centre, and purple beneath ; 
Diadhne (Lemoine), akin to G. pygmaa but 
more robust, with erect leaves of 6 inches and 
large flowers of creamy white, yellow at the 
base with a dark blotch pointed with white, 
profuse and distinct ; Diana (Dammann), 
flowers creamy-white shading to an inner zone 
of chrome-yellow; E/mensis (Sprenger), a com- 
pact and beautiful plant bearing large flowers 
of orange-red with black and white spots to- 
wards the centre ; Emi/e Lemoine (Pfitzer), 
large white flowers with black spots towards 
the centre and shaded steely-blue beneath, with 
the petals recurving; Ernst Benary (Pfitzer), 
one of the most beautiful kinds, forming a low 
tuft of erect leaves which are pure white on 
the lower side, and bearing a profusion of large 
white flowers with a deep black ring around 
the golden disk ; Gloriosa (Sprenger) , a low tuft 
with long stems bearing smallish white flowers 
shading to yellow at the centre, with a zone 
of black and white spots; Nora (Dammann), 
flowers of creamy-white shading to sulphur 
yellow, with a similar ring of spots ; Ochro- 
leuca (Sprenger), a stemless plant with grassy 
I leaves, and golden flowers spotted with brown 
and cream-colour towards the centre, reverse 
rosy-violet. Lemoine's hybrids are raised from 
G. splendens and pygmc^a^ the strain sent out 
by M. Thiebaut as G. Cyc/ope having the same 
parentage and being nearly identical, Dam- 
mann's race originated from G. pygmcca and 
longiscapa^ and Pfitzer's from pygmaa and 
rigens. 
A subsequent note by M. Rudolph in Le 
Jardin gives a few further kinds chosen for 
their excellence after two years of study, and 
from among upwards of 400 selected hybrids. 
These are all as follows : — Bicolore^ a neatly 
tufted plant with oval leaves, and spreading 
somewhat at the root. Charming flowers of 
pale sulphur-yellow on first opening, becom- 
ing pure white, with a yellow eye bordered 
with yellow and ringed about with black spots. 
Diapre., a plant of great vigour, with narrow 
leaves and erect stems. Flowers large and full, 
of rich yellow even to the disk, which is ringed 
around by black spots touched v/ith white in 
the middle. Etiole., a very beautiful and free- 
flowering kind, with grass-like leaves and large 
starry white flowers deepening to a pale sulphur 
shade towards the centre, which is ringed round 
with a band of dark spots. Fleur d'or, a robust 
I plant bearing large flowers high above the 
i foliage, their colour golden-yellow with a band 
I of reddish-brown spots about the disk. Pa- 
I pi/ion., a plant spreading into low broad tufts of 
oval-lanceolate leaves, with large white flowers 
charmingly flaked about the centre by black 
spots, which are again pointed with white in 
the middle. This is a very pretty kind and 
I most useful in the border, where it might well 
pass as a white form of Gazania splendens. Rayon 
(f/fj-9/£'//,a stout erect grower, with narrow leaves 
and dainty flowers of deep pure yellow, very 
I distinct in their glowing colour. 
