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GUIELUM tenuifolium. 
Slender-leaved Grielum. 
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G. tenuifolium, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, foliis 
bipinnatifidis incanis ; segmentis linearibus aciitf- 
usculis canaliculatis, caule ramoso difFuso. 
Grielum tenuifolium. IVillden. sp.pl. 2. p. 771. Pers. 
syn. 1. JO. 513. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 116. 
Lamarck, ill. t. 388. 
Koot perennial, succulent. Stem branching, slight- 
ly succulent, prostrate, points ascending, thickly cloth- 
ed with a soft knappy down, as is every other part of 
the plant, except the corolla. Leaves bipinnatifid, 
mostly two together; segments linear, channelled, 
bluntly pointed. Petioles flat on the upper side, slightly 
convex on the lower, gradually narrowing upwards. 
Stipules subulate. Peduncles axillary, longer than the 
leaves, nearly cylindrical, 1-flowered. Calyx deeply 
5-cleft, continuing to increase in size, persistent : seg- 
ments lanceolate, acute, margins slightly recurved. 
Petals 5, broadly obovate, of a bright yellow \;9lour, 
green at the base, much veined, margins fimbrikte or 
slightly jagged. Stamens 10, persistent, hardening 
into horny spines ; every other one longest ; all joined 
to a crown that surrounds the germens : Jilaments 
broadest at the base, gradually tapering upwards : an- 
thers incumbent, 2- celled, burst in front to discharge 
the pollen, which is orange-coloured. Styles short. 
Stigmas 5 to 8, capitate, surrounded by a white 5- 
cornered knappy membrane. 
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this rare 
and beautiful plant, we are indebted to Mr. John 
