PLATE 2.--Fig. 1, plant much reduced; Fig. 2, lower part of spike; Fig. 3, apex of spike.
ARCTOTIS, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 458.
ARCTOTUS _Fosteri_; _Herbacea_, 60-90 cm. alta. _Folia_ inferiora lyrato-pinnatisecta, 30-40 cm. longa, 7-9 cm. lata, longe petiolata, ambitu obovato-oblonga, lobis lateralibus utrinque 3-4, oblongis subacutis dentatis, lobo terminali latissime ovato obtuso grandidentato; folia superiora sessilia, lanceolata, acuta, subintegra; omnia supra parce pubescentia, subtus albo-lanata. _Pedunculi_ 17-19 cm. longi, striati, pubescentes. _Capitula_ 7-9 cm. diametro. _Involucri bracteae_ exteriores ovatae, subulato-caudatae, virides; interiores oblongo-obovatae, obtusae, apice membranaceae, rubescentes. _Radii flores_ acuti, albi vel carnei, subtus purpurei, quisque basi maculo nigro et aurantiaco instructi. _Disci flores_ nigro-brunnei, antheribus luteia. _Pappi squamae_ lanceolatae, acutae vel subobtusae. _Ovarium_ villosum.--N. E. BROWN.
Cape Province: Clanwilliam Division, near Clanwilliam, _Foster_.
This handsome species of _Arctotis_ was raised in the Garden of the Division of Botany, Pretoria, from seed received in 1916 from Mr. C. Foster, of Clanwilliam, after whom I have much pleasure in naming it. The large size of the flower head and the delicate colouring of the rays make it worthy of a place in all South African Gardens. At Pretoria it flowers freely and has set mature seed.
DESCRIPTION:--A herbaceous perennial 60-90 cm. high. _Leaves_ many, lyrate; lower leaves 30-40 cm. long, 7-9 cm. broad, lanceolate in outline, obtuse, produced at the base into a long petiole, sparsely pubescent on the upper surface, white-woolly on the lower surface; leaf-lobes about 4 cm. long, 1-5·2 cm. broad, oblong, obtuse, with toothed margins; the terminal lobe much larger, otherwise similar; petiole up to 16 cm. long, flat on the upper surface, convex beneath, sparsely glandular-pilose; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, sparsely pilose, with more or less entire margins. _Peduncles_ pale in colour at the base, gradually becoming indian purple (R.C.S.) towards the apex, 17-19 cm. long, terete, striate, pilose, the hairs becoming reddish and denser towards the apex. _Capitulum_ solitary, 7-9 cm. in diameter when fully expanded. _Involucral bracts_ many-seriate; the outer green, ovate, with a hairy subulate appendage; the inner reddish and membranous at the apex. _Receptacle_ slightly convex. _Ray-florets_ female. _Corolla_ limb white or shrimp-pink (R.C.S.) above, with a golden-yellow and purple spot near the base, and eugenia red to vandyke red (R.C.S.) beneath. _Pappus_ of several membranous scales as long as the corolla-tube. _Ovary_ with a dense tuft of basal hairs. _Disc-florets_ hermaphrodite. _Corolla-tube_ 4-5 mm. long, campanulate above, cylindrical below; lobes lanceolate with black tips. _Pappus_ of several membranous scales about half length of the corolla-tube. _Ovary_ villous, with a dense basal tuft of hairs. _Fruit_ villous, crowned with the persistent pappus scales.--E. PERCY PHILLIPS.