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GERANIUM multifidum. 
Multijid'leaved Crane's-bill. 
G. multlfidum, caule ramoso difFuso ; ramis gracilibus, 
pubescentibus, foliis subtiis albo-sericeis quinatis 
5-partitisve ; foliolis segmentisque tripartitis multi- 
fidis linearibiis, pedunculis elongatis 1-2-floris, se- 
palis sericeis trinerviis, petalis emarginatis calyce 
sesquilongioribus. 
Root perennial. Stems several from the same root ; 
slender, spreading, prostrate if not supported, dichoto- 
mously branching, pubescent, about a foot in length. 
Leaves of a glossy green on the upper side, and of a 
silky white on the lower, quinate or 5-parted ; leaflets 
or segments deeply 3-parted ; divisions multifid, linear, 
blunt on the lower leaves, and acute on the upper ones. 
Petioles long and slender, bent towards the leaf, nearly 
cylindrical, a little thickened at the base, pubescent. 
Stipules deeply divided into three or four taper-pointed 
subulate divisions. Peduncles axillary, long and slender, 
1 or 2-flowered. Involucre of two to five subulate acute 
bractes. Pedicles long and slender. Sepals 5, oblong, 
lanceolate, sericeous, strongly 3-nerved, mucronate ; 
margins membranaceous. Petals 5, bearded at the 
base, of a rosy purple, obcordate, emarginate, strongly 
veined, about half as long again as the calyx. Stamens 
10, slightly connected at the base, all producing fertile 
anthers. Filaments a little dilated at the base, slightly 
fringed. Sti/le very short. Stigmas 5, very long, purple, 
reflexed. 
We first observed this curious species of Geranium, 
in the summer of 1819, in the garden of Mr. Burchell, 
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