in botany: A genus of the polygamia necessaria order, belonging to the syngenesia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Compositae difformis. The receptacle is bristly; the corona of the pappus is pentaphyllous; and the calyx is imbricated with scales looic at the top. It is commonly called anemopermos, from the resemblance of its seeds to those of the anemone. The species are 11; all of them natives of Ethiopia, or the Cape of Good Hope. Of these the angustifolia with spear-shaped leaves, and the aspera with wing-shaped woolly leaves, are most remarkable for their beauty, having rays of a fine yellow or deep gold colour. They flower in May and June.

Culture. All the species of arctotis may be propagated by cuttings; which should be frequently renewed, as the old plants are subject to decay in winter. They may be planted in any of the summer months, in a bed of light fresh earth; observing to shade them from the sun until they have taken root. They should be exposed to the open air until the latter end of October, or longer, if the weather is favourable, when they must be removed into the greenhouse.