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GERANIUM macrorhizon. 
Long-rooted Crane's-bill. 
G. macrorhizon, caule basi sufFruticoso apice dichotomo, 
foliis glabris 5-partitis : lobis apice dentatis, calycibus 
globoso inflatis, petalis integris, staminibus nutantibus. 
I)C. prodr. s^fst. not, I. p. 640. 
Geranium macrorhizum. Willden. sp. pi. 5. p. 699. 
Pers. syn. Q. p. Q35. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 185. 
J acq. coll. 1. jt). 258. Ic. rar. 1. 1. 134. Cav. diss. 4, 
jo. 212. t, 25. Sims hot. mag. 2420. 
Stem sufFrutescent at the base, often a foot in length 
and branched, scaly. Leaves peltate, deeply 5 or 7- 
parted, smoothish above, densely pubescent underneath; 
segments deeply toothed, with blunt rounded teeth termi- 
nated with a small mucro : upper leaves 3 -parted, slightly 
toothed. Petioles long, slightly flattened on the upper 
side and rounded on the lower, swollen at the base, atte- 
nuated upwards, slightly pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, 
keeled, mucronate. Flower-stem dichotomous, pubes- 
cent, of a purplish colour, longer than the leaves. Pedun- 
cles clustered, dichotomously panicled, 2-flowered. Brac- 
tes 4, very short, lanceolate, pointed. Pedicles short, 
hairy. Calyx globular, inflated : sepals 5, unequal in 
size, strongly 3-ribbed, purplish, mucronate. Petals 5, 
spreading or reflexed, roundly obovate, entire, of a reddish 
purple, reticulately veined with lighter veins. Stamens 10, 
all bearing anthers, very long, declining, remaining some 
time after the petals are dropt. Style longer than the 
stamens, smooth, purple. Stigmas 5, purple, spread- 
ing. 
