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GRIELUM laciniatum. 
Jagged-leaved Grielum. 
GRIELUM. Calyx persistens 54idus, tubo brevi cum carpcllis sub- 
concreto, lobis oblongis acuminatis per aestivationem incumben- 
tibus. Petala 5 tubo inserta. Stamina 10, fila mentis persistenti- 
bus demum indurato-spinescentibus. Styli 5-10 breves apice 
capitati. Capsula carpellis 5-10 arete concretis constans, 5-10- 
locularis, supern& depressa, loculis verticillatis 1-spermis. Semen 
inversum, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula obliqua superb.— 
Herbae suffrutescentes Capenses. Folia pinnatim dissecta autde- 
composita. Flores ampli Jlavi. DC. prodr. 2. p. 549. 
G. laciniatum, caule debili prostrato dense tomentoso, foliis inaequa- 
libus laciniatis supra glabris nitidis subtus tomentosis : laciniis 
lineari oblongis obtusis supra canaliculatis, stipulis linearibus 
acuminatis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris petiolo longioribus, 
calyce dense tomentoso : segmentis acutis. 
Grielum laciniatum. Herb. Banks, mss. Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 180. t. 36. 
Swt. hort. brit. p. 75. 
Root tuberous, fusiform, rough and rugged, producing 
3 or 4 slender, procumbent, simple stems, which lay pros¬ 
trate on the ground, and in time attain a great length. Stems 
densely clothed with a loose cottony wool, which wears off* 
by age, and the stems then become smooth and glossy, and 
decrease in thickness. Leaves generally in fours, very un¬ 
equal in size and shape, oblique at the base, more or less 
jagged or laciniate, smooth and glossy on the upper side, and 
tomentose underneath, the largest producing a large seg¬ 
ment on one side a little above the base, which is more or 
less toothed: segments oblongly linear, bluntly rounded, 
channelled on the upper side: smaller leaves more or less 
laciniate, or toothed, or rarely entire. Petioles flat, broadest 
at the base, densely clothed with loose cottony wool, par¬ 
ticularly near the bottom. Stipules subulately linear, taper- 
pointed, soon withering and turning brown. Peduncles 
axillary, 1 betwixt each fascicle of leaves, cylindrical, tapering 
upwards, also clothed with the same sort of cottony wool, 
longer than the petioles, and continuing to increase in length. 
Calyx persistent, 5-cleft, densely clothed with a thick close- 
pressed white tomentum, the segments ovate, with taper’ 
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