Clanwilliam.
Compositae. Tribe Arctotideae.
Arctotis, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 458.
Arctotis Fosteri, N.E. Br.
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.