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DIMACRIA elegans. 
Elegant Dimacria. 
D. elegans, subacaule, scapo folioso, foliis pinnatifido- 
laciniatis canescenti-pubescentibus ; segmentis ob- 
longis obtusis integris bifidisque, umbella compo- 
sita, petalis paten tib us, calycibus reflexis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce triplo longiore. 
Dimacria elegans. Colv. catal. ed, 2. p. 21. col. 2. 
Root tuberous, branching out into other smaller 
tubers. Stem none. Leaves pinnatifid or laciniate: 
segments oblong, obtuse, entire or 2-fid, seldom 
toothed, thickly clothed with a short canescent pubes- 
cence. Petioles slender, a little flattened on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, thickly clothed with 
short silky hairs. Stipules lanceolate, acute, joined to 
the base of the petioles. Scape leafy, branching, and 
bearing many umbels of flowers. Umbels many-flow- 
ered. Involucre of numerous linear, acute, fringed 
bractes. Pedicles very short, scarcely as long as the 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, unequal, 
all reflexed. Nectariferous tube flattened and keeled 
at the back, about three times longer than the calyx. 
Petals 5, spreading, of a scarlet orangy colour ; two 
upper ones distinct at the base, broadly spatulate, a 
little waved, and marked from the base with numerous 
dark lines, which branch in various directions ; lower 
petals ligulate, self-coloured. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, five only bearing anthers ; two lower fertile 
ones longest, as in the others of the genus ; upper one 
very short; barren ones short, erect, and subulate. 
Style red, hairy at the base and smooth at the point. 
Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
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