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GERANIUM eriostemon. 
Hairy-stamen' d Crane s-bilL u. et (2. 
G. eriostemoUf pedunculis bifloris, foliis quinquelobis 
utrinque pilosis scabris ; segmentis late cuneato- 
ovatis obtusis dentatis, stipulis lanceolatis acutis> 
petalis integris calyce aristato paulo longioribus, 
caule erecto villoso. 
Geranium eriostemon. Fischer MSS. 
a. cceruleum. 
(3, pallidum. 
Root perennial. Stems erect, forked, thickly cloth- 
ed with unequal villous hairs, as are the petioles, pe- 
duncles, and calyx. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, hairy on 
both sides, very rough to the touch : segments broadly 
wedge-shaped or ovate, unequally toothed with blunt- 
ish teeth, much veined underneath. Petioles bent, 
slightly flattened on the upper side and rounded on the 
lower, swollen at the base. Stipules lanceolate, fringed, 
taper-pointed. Peduncles numerous, subpanicled, 2- 
flowered. Involucre generally of six bractes : bractes 
very short, lanceolate, acute, concave, fringed. Pe- 
dicles longer than the calyx, villous. Sepals 5, ob- 
long, concave, with fringed membranaceous margins, 
and terminated with a blunt fringed arista. Petals 5, 
longer than the calyx, nearly orbicular, rugose, in var. 
a. of a bright blue, in /3. of a pale blue, lightest round 
the edges. Filaments 10, connected at the base, of a 
dark purple, thickly clothed about half way up with 
long white hairs, and all bearing perfect anthers. Ger- 
wiew clothed with long white hairs: «r/*^ce hairy. Style 
smooth. Stigmas 5, blunt, reflexed, 
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