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DIMACRIA bipartita. 
Forked-leaved Dimacria. 
D. bipartita, acaulis, umbella composita, foliis pinnatis 
pilosis : foliolis oppositis verticillatisque oblongo- 
lanceolatis bipartitis integrisque, petalis superi- 
oribus refractis basi maculatis, tubo nectarifero 
recurvo calyce duplo longiori. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves spreading, 
pinnate, hairy, on both sides, of a light green colour : 
leaflets oppo#e or in whorls, oblong or lanceolate, 
bluntish, some entire, others forked but not toothed. 
Petioles slender, slightly flattened on the upper side 
and rounded on the lower, thickly clothed with soft 
woolly hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and necta- 
riferous tube. Stipules subulately linear, joined to the 
base of the petioles. Peduncles long and slender, 
bearing umbels of many flowers, which spread in a ra- 
diate form. Involucre of numerous subulate fringed 
bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, 
concave, all reflexed. Nectariferous tube more than 
double the length of the calyx, flattened and slightly 
furrowed on each side and curved downwards. Petals 
5, pale cream-coloured, the two uppermost spatulate, 
connivent at the base, with spreading points, from 
about the middle reflexed, and below that are nume- 
rous unequal purple spots and lines : lower petals ligu- 
late, spreading. Filaments 10, united at the base, 5 
only bearing anthers, the two lower ones much longer 
than the others. Style red, quite smooth. Stigmas 5, 
reflexed. 
This neat little plant is a hybrid production, and 
was raised last vear at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from 
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