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ERODIUM crassifolium. 
Hoary-leaved Heron! s-hilL 
E. crassifolium, pedunculis 2-4-florisve, foliis pinnati- 
fido-laciniatis canescentibus ; segmentis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis inciso-dentatis, stipulis membranaceis, pe- 
talis gequalibus rotundatis imbricatis calyce diiplo 
longioribus. 
Erodium crassifolium. Horf. Keiv. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 155. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 223. Desf. atl. 2. 111. 
Geranium crassifolium. Andrews s reposit. 136. 
Stem sufFruticose, branching; flowering branches 
erect, slender, of a reddish brown colour, thickly 
clothed with unequal villous hairs. Leaves pinnatifid 
or deeply laciniated, hoary on both sides, occasioned 
by a white close-pressed pubescence, and numerous 
spreading hairs intermixed : segments linearly lanceo- 
late, falcate, channelled, deeply and sharply toothed. 
Petioles long and slender, nearly cylindrical, thickly 
clothed with white spreading hairs. Stipules joined to 
the base of the petioles, membranaceous, some acute, 
others obtuse, undulate, fringed, white or sometimes 
tinged with red at the base. Peduncles smooth or very 
slightly hairy, cylindrical, 2 to 4-flowered. Involucre 
of from 2 to 4 membranaceous, obtuse, concave, un- 
dulate, fringed bractes. Pedicles very slender, smooth 
and shining or slightly hairy. Sepals 5, lanceolate, 
concave, mucronate, many-nerved, hairy, with membra- 
naceous margins. Petals 5, equal, nearly round, im- 
bricate, about twice the length of the calyx, of a 
light rose colour, with a black spot at the base of 
each, which branches a little upwards. Filaments 10, 
