35 
GAZANIA pavonia. 
Hazel-ringed Gazania. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. 
GAZANIA, (Flores radiati.) Recept. epaleatum (nudum; vy. alve- 
olatum germinibus exsertis). Semina villosissima. Pappus_piloso- 
paleaceus. Cal. monophyllus: tubo foliolis imbricatis tecto v. nudo. 
Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 140. 
Herbe perennes; rhizoma breviter caudescens, procumbens. Folia 
integra v. pinnatifida. Flores solitarii: duplici nistt se claudentes; ubt 
enim connivet radius, ib ligula singula sese arcte involoit ad lateribus 
suis seorsim, iteritm divergente radio sese explicatura. 
G. pavonia, foliis pinnatifidis supra pilosis subtis tomentosis : laciniis 
oyali-lanceolatis, scapo unifloro, caule decumbente. Brown, ubi 
supra. 
Gorteria pavonia. Andrews’s reposit. 523. 
Rhizoma divisum, fuscum, sepiis pluriceps. Folia’ plurima, rigida, fus- 
ciculato-approximata, petiolato-lyrata, pinnatifida, supra 8 in nervis undique 
hispida, subtis candicantia, lobis mucronato-acutis integerrimis, sensim in- 
JSerne versis decrescentibus in meros mucrones ; petiolus basz dilatatus con- 
voluto-amplexicaulis. Pedunculus scaposus, uniflorus, & centro foliorum 
quibus altior, sepits foliolo uno aut altero lineari vage stipatus, subpubescens. 
Cal. nudus, cupulatus, viridis, nigro marmoratus, subarachnoideus, setulis 
albis tuberculo nigro insitis scabratus, supra imbricato-multifidus lacinulis 
erectis, ovatis, exciso-attenuatis, obtusis, muticis, glabris, leté virentibus 
peripheria nigra. Radius numerosus, simplex, uncias 4 magisve transversus, 
aureus circulo ad basin intus ferrugineo & figuris albis fulvisque notato, extus 
carulescente: flosc. neutri tubo complanato solido; ligulé spathulato-lanceo- 
laté, apice levissimé indentata, dorso carinato-biplicata. Discus numerosus, 
astulato-fulvescens, altitudine calycis, hermaphroditus, fertilis: flosc. cum 
barba longa sericea ascendente germinum intermizti, tereti-tubulost, 5-lineati, 
labri, 5-fidi lacinulis subulatis inferne conniventibus superné stellatis, Anth. 
aineat inclusa, acuté 5-dentata. Stylus ubi cingilur anthera violaceus, infra 
albidus: stig. paritim crassius, clavato-elongatum, lutescens, totum exsertum, 
superné in duo replicata secedens, basi annulato-protuberans ; germ. elongato- 
obconicum, alveolo suo triplo altius, tectum pilis densis tenuissimis & mollissi- 
mis, flosculo pariim brevioribus : pappus his tri, lo brevior, paleaceo-pilosus, 
multiplex in serie singulari. Recept. convecum brevitér alveolato-pilosum. 
The genus was founded under its present name by Gert- 
ner, by detaching from Gorrertra its well-known rigens ; 
and has been since judiciously adopted by Mr. Brown, in _ 
the late edition of the Hortus Kewensis, where two other 
species have been added, of which the present is one. In 
Gorteria the pappus, or seed-crown, is a mere ciliate edge, 
