Pentzia
(named by Thunberg, in honour of his pupil, Charles John Pentz). ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising ten species of small, hoary, pubescent, glandular, or glabrous, greenhouse shrubs, indigenous to South Africa. Flower-heads yellow, homogamous, corymbose at the tips of the branches, or solitary on long peduncles; achenes glabrous, often glandular; involucre ovoid or hemispherical; receptacle flat or convex. Leaves alternate, often small, cuneate, toothed, incised or dissected. For culture of P. flabelliformis, probably the only species introduced, see Tanacetum. P. flabelliformis (fan-leaved). fl-heads yellow, disposed in a simple corymb. May to August. l. deltoid, serrated at apex, of a pale hue. h. 2 1/2ft. 1774. (B. M. 212, under name of Tanacetum flabelliforme.)
