easily cultivated in a good greenhouse. From the Ger ‘beria 
Burmanni of Cassini it is principally distinguished by the 
outline of its ee and by its dwarfer habit and larger 
flowers. pega 
We extract the following excellent account of the genus 
Gerberia from the pen of M. Cassini, from the Dictionnaire 
des Sciences Naturelles. 
«In the first edition of the Genera Plantarum, published 
«in 1737, Linneus established, under the name of Ger- 
“beria, a genus of plants, of which John Burmann soon 
“ after described two species, in his Rariorum Africanarum 
* Plantarum decades. The genus Gerbera is also found in 
“* the second edition of the Genera Plantarum of Linnzeus. 
“ But. afterwards that botanist abandoned his genus Ger- 
* bera, and united. it to Arnica, in which he included the 
“ two species of Burmann under the names of Arnica Ger- 
“ bera and A. crocea. This confusion of two genera has 
“been admitted, without remark, by all betanists. It. is 
« curious. that Messrs. Lagasca and Decandolle, in the 
“ course of their remarks upon Synantherez (Composite) 
“‘ with Labiate flowers, should not have thought of exa- 
« mining the Arnica Gerbera; for the labiate nature of the 
* corolla was. sufficiently indicated, although ill-described, 
“in the generic description of Gerbera made by Linnzus. 
« An accurate examination would haye sayed M. Decan- 
« dolle from an error in vegetable geography, into which he 
““has fallen, by saying that all Composite with labiate 
flowers are natives: of the New World.” | 
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