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DIMACRIA rumicifolia. 
Dock-leaved Dimacria. 
D. rumicifolia,, acaulis, foliis oblongo^ovatis integerrimis 
acutiusculis bullato-rugosis pilosiusculis raro auricu- 
latis, scapo folioso villosissimo, umbellis multifloris, 
floribns tetrandis, petalis linearibus longissimis paten- 
tibus superioribus basi punctatis calyce triplo longi- 
oribus. 
Dimacria rumicifolia,. Swt. hort. brit. addenda. 
Root tuberous, fusiform. Leaves large, crowning the 
root in a radiate form, oblongly ovate, entire, scarcely 
acute, with a few long spreading hairs on both sides, par¬ 
ticularly on the nerves; more or less blistered; sometimes, 
but rarely auriculate. Petioles flattened and channelled on 
the upper side, and convex on the lower, thickly clothed 
with long villous down. Stipules very long, linear, taper- 
pointed, generally attached at the base to the lower part of 
the petioles, hairy, and fringed. Scape, or Flower-stem, 
stout, leafy, producing many large umbels of flowers, densely 
clothed, particularly near the base, with long shaggy down. 
Peduncles rather crowded, stout, cylindrical, thickly clothed 
with long unequal hairs. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre 
of numerous subulately linear, very hairy, fringed bractes. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments very hairy, spreading, the points a 
little reflexed, upper one broadest, lanceolate; the others 
narrowly linear, all taper-pointed, and bearded at the points. 
Petals 5, very long, linear, spreading, about 3 times the 
length of the calyx, cream-coloured, the two upper ones 
largest, and marked below the bend with several little red 
specks, obtuse; lower ones more acute. Filaments 10, 
slightly united at the base, four bearing perfect anthers, and 
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