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OTIDIA crithmifolia. 
Samphire-leaved Otidia. 
0. crithmifolia , caule fruticoso carnoso, foliis carnosis 
bipinnatisectis: lobis apice dilatatis incisis, pedunculis 
multifloris paniculatis, petalis obtusis calyce longiori- 
bus: superioribus basi crispis. DC. prodr. 3. p. 655* 
Otidia crithmifolia. Supra f61. 286. vol. 3. Swt. hort.brit. 
p. 75. Colv.catal. ed. 3. p. 9,6. col. 3. 
Pelargonium crithmifolium. Smith ic. pict. 1 . if. S3. Willd. 
sp.pl. 3. p. 688. Pers. syn. 2. p. 234. Mori. Kew. 
ed. % v. 4. p. 183. 
Pelargonium paniculatum. Jacq. sehmnb Jl. t. 137- 
Stem shrubby, erect, very large and succulent, green 
and smooth; when young slightly powdered, heaves suc¬ 
culent, crowding the upper part of the stem, smooth and 
green, pinnate: the leaflets again pinnate or pinnatifid: 
lobes dilated at the points, more or less toothed or incised, 
flat, the margins slightly pubescent. Petioles clothed with 
a very short close-pressed inconspicuous pubescence, chan¬ 
nelled on the upper side and rounded underneath, swollen 
at the base. Stipules very small, resembling scales, ovate, 
bluntish, with downy margins. Panicle terminal, very 
much branched, a great deal larger and more compact than 
O.laoca : branches of the panicle, bluntly angular, much 
swollen at the joints, also clothed with an inconspicuous 
close-pressed pubescence, tinged with purple, particularly 
at the joints. Umbels from 3 to 10-flowered. Peduncles , 
pedicles , and calyx , also slightly pubescent. Involucre 
generally of 6 bractes, which are very small, scale-like, 
similar to the stipules, oblong, obtuse, concave, horizon¬ 
tally spreading. Pedicles slender, about 4 times the length 
of the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments 
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