GAZA'NIA RIGENS. 
RIGID GAZAN I A. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FROSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
C.G.Hope. 
6 inches. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1755: 
No. 415. 
This splendid little plant is named from the an- 
cient Persian word, gaza, signifying a royal trea- 
sure. Rigens, from the Latin, hard or stiff ; intend- 
ed to mark the rigidity of its foliage, or rather, that 
of the little spinous appendages on the margins of the 
leaves. 
The Gazania rigens, was formerly known as the 
Gorteria rigens, and was long cultivated as one of 
the most beautiful of greenhouse plants. Later ex- 
perience has proved it capable of standing as a 
frame plant ; and even, in mild winters, and a dry 
situation, to bear full exposure. In the direct rays 
of the sun it shines most conspicuously. Its delight- 
fully brilliant golden flowers, with their interior 
black velvet band, studded as it were, with here and 
theye a minute pearl, to heighten its effect, are ex- 
celled but by few competitors for admiration. 
Whilst in flower, slip off some of the offsets from 
its undermost parts. Plant them under a hand- 
glass, in a cool border, or in preference, on a hotbed. 
When rooted, pot them in sandy compost, protect in 
a cold frame, during winter, and turn into the bor- 
ders in May. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 140. 
