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Venidium (No explanation of name given)

(no explanation of name given by its author). SYN. Cleitria. ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising eighteen species of greenhouse or half-hardy, cano-tomentose or woolly, perennial herbs, confined to South Africa. Flower-heads rather large, on long peduncles; involucral bracts imbricated in many series; ray florets ligulate, entire or scarcely toothed. Leaves alternate, entire, sinuate-toothed, or pinnately dissected. For culture, see Arctotis.

V. calendulaceum (Marigold-like). fl.-heads somewhat like those of the Pot Marigold; ray bright clear yellow; disk dark brown, nearly black. July to October. l. green, glabrous above, covered with a white-cottony felt beneath. h. 6in. to 12in. This is regarded, by Harvey and Sonder, as a variety of V. decurrens. See Fig. 156.