root perpendicular, slender, annual; stem leafy at the crown, branched from the base, the branches spreading, hispid, with alternate leaves which are crowded toward the apices; leaves petioled, very scabrous above, nearly nude beneath, with strongly revolute margins, either linear or pinnatisect, the apices of the lobes tipped, and the petiole ciliate with long, white, rigid bristles; pedunc. terminal, longer than the leaves, pubescent; inv. obovate, hispid, the scales pluriseriate, outer subulate, inner semi-lanceolate, all much acuminate, and tipped with rigid, subpungent bristles. - Root seemingly annual. Stems 3–6 inches long, spreading from a leafy crown. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, not 1 line wide, almost always pinnatisect above the middle, with linear lobes. I am indebted to Dr. Sonder, who examined Lichtenstein's origi-nal specimens (Herb. Berol.), for the synonym of Lessing. This plant appears to me to be a true Gazania, having the habit, involucre, and double pappus of this genus; the outer scales about 10, long and denticulate at the extremity, the inner much shorter, entire.