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GERBERIA crenata. 
Purple Cape Gerberia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMId SUPERFLUA. 
Nat. ord. Compositr®.—Mutisier, Cassini. — : i 
GERBERIA, Cass.—Gerbera, Linn. Flores ‘radiati; disco multi- 
floro, labiato, androgyno; radio uniseriato, biligulato, foemineo. » Involucrum 
disco altius, squamis imbricatis, lanceolatis, acutis, coriaceis. Receptaculum 
planum ‘inappendiculatum.  Ovaria cylindracea, papillis membranaceis 
hirsuta, margine apicis dilatato horizontali; pappo longo, @ squamulis mul- 
tiseriatis, numerosis, subinequalibus, rectis, filiformibus, crassiusculis, bar- 
bulatis. + Flosculi radii labio. exteriore longissimo, lineari, crassiusculo, 
apice tridentato: interiore multd breviore et angustiore, ad basin bipartito, 
laciniis linearibus membranaceis cirrhiformibus, Flosculi disci labio exteriore 
apice tridentato spe revoluto; interiore angustiore ad basin bipartito, laci- 
nis linearibus sepius revolutis. Stamina disci. filamentis luteis crassis gla- 
bris; articulis antheriferis longis teretibus; appendicibus apicis longissimis 
linearibus intertextis, baseos longissimis subulatis membranaceis.’ Stamina 
radii incompleta, cuique flori quinque, semiabortiva, omnino libera, et ef- 
facta. «Styli Mutisiearum. Cassini in dict. des sc. nat. 18; 460, terminis 
pauld mutatis. \ ' 
G. crenata, foliis obovatis crenatis glabris, scapo unifloro. PB Gee 
A. crenata. Thunb. prodr. 154, — Willd. sp. 3. 211. Pers. syn..2.. 454, 
Lodd. bot. cab. t, 901. b +t) ” 
Herba perennis, acaulis, spithamea. Folia radicalia, cespitosa, obova- 
ta, petiolata, dense imbricata, carnosa, distanter obtuse dentata, glaberrima, 
vel ad maryines raro ciliata, venis nullis prominentibus, ‘sed superficie obso- 
dete freolaté ; supra lete viridia subtus pallidiora. Scapiis 3-4 uncialis 
pilosiusculus, simplicissimus, foliolis paucis, (2-3), linearibus squamosus. 
Flores speciosi, solitarit, verticales, disco luteo, radio purpureo, ~~ 
: ; a a Be eters ; 
This is a small, perennial, evergreen, herbaceous plant, 
3 or 4inches high. The leaves are placed about the bottom 
of the scape, and are imbricated in every direction; they 
are obovate, on long stalks, fleshy, very smooth, or at the 
margin slightly hairy, distantly and obtusely toothed, with- 
out any prominent veins, but with many obsolete impres- 
sions upon their surface; they are bright green above and 
pale beneath. The Scape is 3 or 4 inches high, a little 
hairy, and quite simple; with a few (2-3) little linear leaves. 
The Flowers are solitary, showy, vertical, with a yellow 
disk, and a bright lilac ray. 
A pretty Cape herbaceous plant, our figure of which 
was made in Mr. Colvill’s Nursery. It is perennial, and 
¥2 
