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DIMACRIA astragalifolia. 
Astragalus-leaved Dimacria. 
D. astragalifoliaj umbella composita multiradiata, fo- 
liis inferioribus simplicibus ovatis obliquis terna- 
tisve : superioribus pinnatis pilosis ; foliolis sub- 
sessilibus alternis ovatis obliquis integerrimis ter- 
minali maximoj petalis linearibus undulatis obtusis 
patentibus. 
Pelargonium astragalifolium. Jacq.ie. rar. 3. 511. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. Ill, Comm. prcel. 53. t. 3. 
Geranium astragalifolium. Andrews's reposit. 190. 
icone pessima. 
Roof tuberous. Stem none. Leaves in clusters at 
the crowns of the root: lower ones simple, roundly 
ovate, oblique, obtuse; others ternate or unequally 
pinnate, hairy on both sides : leaflets alternate, nearly 
sessile, roundly oval, obtuse, oblique at the base, en- 
tire, from 5 to 14 on each leaf ; the terminal one much 
larger than the others. Petioles long and slender, 
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
thickly clothed with soft white hairs, as are the pe- 
duncles, bractes, and calyx. Stipules subulate, joined 
to the base of the petioles. Scape branching. Pe- 
duncles cylindrical, many-flowered. Flowers spread- 
ing in a radiate form. Involucre of numerous subu- 
late fringed bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments concave, 
linearly lanceolate, fringed, upper ones largest, erect, 
the others spreading. Nectariferous tube sessile, 
slightly flattened, and furrowed on each side. Petals 
5, linear, undulate, obtuse, 2 upper ones connivent at 
the base and spreading at the points, straw-coloured, 
