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ARCTOTIS acaulis. 
Dwarf Arctotis. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA NECESSARI4A. 
Nat. ord. Corympirerm. Jussieu gen. 177. 
Div. VII. Receptaculum paleaceam. Semen papposum, pappo 
plumoso aut piloso aut aristato (v. paleaceo). Flores sepits radiati. 
ARCTOTIS. Supra vol. 1. fol. 32. nett 
A. acaulis, pedunculis radicalibus foliis lyratis, Linn. sp. pl. 2. 1306. 
Arctotis acaulis. Hort. Kew. 3. 274. ed. 2. 5.169. ‘T'rew ehret. 53. t. 
93. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 2348; (excluso Jacq. hort. schanb. 2. 16. t. 
158). : 
arenatalas Africana foliis plantaginis flore sulphureo. 
rar. 35. t. 35. A 
(8) foliis longé lyratis acuté dentatis. ; 
Arctotis speciosa. Jacq. hort. Schanb. 2. 18. t. 161. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 
9350; (exclusa A. grandiflora. Hort. Kew.). 
A. acaulis. Mall. dict. 8. n. 6; (ex specimine archetypo in Herb. 
Banks.). 
Radix rhizoma descendens perenne. Folia plurima, radicalia, ambientia, 
erecto-recumbentia, lyrata, 4-6-uncialia, crassiuscula, remotiis mucronato- vel 
subspinuloso- denticulata, supra densé et asperits villosa virentiaque, infra to- 
mentoso-candicantia et varicoso-nervosa, lobis lateralibus oblongis sub ff 
Comm. 
difformi= 
bus, terminali magno ovato subduplicato-dentato v. inciso-dentato. Pedunculi 
plures, “radicales, uate olia _v. plurimiim longiores, uniflori, teretes, 
robusti, striati, fistulosi, villis pilis punicantibus interspersis hirsuti, modd 
bracted lineari, raré et folio in axilla gerente peleeiin alterum, stipati. 
Oat f } vers intus lutescentes cum basi atro- 
purpurea, extus punicantes, disco nigricantes, revoluto-emarcescentes. Calycis 
squame exteriores arachnoideo-lanate, fuscescentes, subulato-appendiculate, 
‘\ - My . 
partim reflexe partim appresse, interiores erecte, glabra, lamind obovatd . 
scariosa margine sphacelato-puntcante. Catera fermé ac in ARcTOTIDE aue 
reola Ni superioris 32, sed pappum habet paleaceum in simplici serie, nec due 
plicit acinead. , ; 
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A dwarf perennial species from the Cape of Good Hope; 
cultivated in our collections before 1759. The bloom is 
produced in succession from April to June, or longer; and 
requires a warm sunshiny situation to expand in perfection.. 
Leaves several, sometimes many, radical, ambient, inner 
upright, outer recumbent, 4-6 inches long, lyrate, thick- 
ened, surrounded by loosely set small mucronate teeth, 
green above and thickly covered by a rough longish pile, 
which feels like plush, beneath tomentose white and vari- 
