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OTIDIA carnosa. 
Fleshy -stalked Otidia. 
O. carnosa, umbellis plurifloris paniculatis, foliis si- 
nuato-pinnatifidis ternatisve ; laciniis oblongis ob- 
tusis apice inciso-dentatis, calycibus patentibus, 
tubo nectai'ifero calyce sesquilongiori. 
Otidia carnosa. L'mdley MSS. Noh. in Colv. Catal. 
p. 21. col 2. 
Pelargonium carnosum. IVillden^ sp. pi. 3. p. 686. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 233. Hort. Keiv. ed, 2. vol. 4. p. 
182. 
Geranium carnosum. Cav. diss. 4. p. 266. t. 99. f. 1. 
Dill. elth. 153. t. 127. f. 154. 
Stem shrubby, succulent, branching ; branches swol- 
len at the joints, where the stipules remain for a con- 
siderable time, but are not properly persistent, between 
the joints thickly clothed with a short hoary pubes- 
cence. Leaves scarcely pinnate, sometimes ternate or 
pinnatifid, others deeply divided, segments oblong, 
irregularly cut and toothed, with blunt rounded teeth, 
hairy on both sides. Petioles a little flattened and fur- 
rowed on the upper side, and rounded on the lower, 
thickly clothed with short soft pubescent hairs, as are 
the peduncles, pedicles, and calyx. Stipules cordately 
lanceolate, of a brown colour, scarcely persistent. 
Peduncles panicled, several-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 
7 short lanceolate downy bractes. Pedicles unequal in 
length, some longer than the nectariferous tube, others 
not so long. Calyx 5-cleft, segments spreading, spa- 
tulately lanceolate, concave, obtuse, fringed, the up- 
per one largest. Nectariferous tube about half as long 
