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ERODIUM glaucophyllum. 
Glaucous-leaved Heron^s-hill. 
E. glaucophyllum^ caule erecto ramoso : ramis nodoso- 
articulatis glabris, foliis oblongo-ovatis sublobatis cre- 
natis subcarnosis glaucescentibus glabris subtus ner- 
visque subpubescentibus, pedunculis plurifloris, petalis 
ellipticis distinctis patentibus, aristis k medio ad apicem 
long^ plumosis. 
Erodium glaucophyllum. DC.prodr. 1. p. 648. Horf, 
Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. jo. 416. ed.Q. v.Ai.p. 158. JVillden. 
sp. pi. 3. p. 636. Pers. syn. 2. p. 9,9,5. 
Geranium glaucophyllum. Cav. diss. 4. p. 9,9,1. t. 99. J^, £. 
Bill. elth. 150. t. 124. /. 150. 
Geranium crassifolium. Forskahl descr. 93. 
Perennial f herbaceous. Stem erect, much branched : 
branches spreading, smooth, knotted at the joints, lengthen- 
ing out and becoming slender at the points. Leaves ob- 
longly ovate, bluntish, slightly lobed, unequally crenate or 
notched, smooth and glaucous, or slightly pubescent un- 
derneath and on the nerves. Petioles slender, thickened 
at the base, slightly flattened on the upper side, scarcely 
pubescent. Stipules elliptic or lanceolate, acute, soon 
withering and turning brown. Peduncles slender, cylin- 
drical, scarcely pubescent, from 2 to several flowered. In- 
volucre of several membranaceous scariose bractes. Pedi- 
cles slender, pubescent, erect when in flower, but reflexed 
when in seed, the calyx and seed ascending. Calyx of 5 
sepals, which are oblongly lanceolate, mucronate, strongly 
nerved and furrowed, with scariose membranaceous mar- 
