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DIMACRIA barbata. 
Bearded-leaved Dimacria. 
D. barbata , acaulis, foliis pinnatifidis glabris; segmentis 
simplicibusbi-trifidisquelinearibus acuminatisapice bar- 
batis, umbella composita, pedunculis calycibusque to- 
mentoso-villosis, petalis linearibus obtusis binerviis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce longiore. 
Pelargonium barbatum. Jacq.ic. rar. 3. t. 5 13. Willden . 
sp.pl. 3. p. 648. DC. prodr. 1. p. 659,. 
Root tuberous. Stemless, but producing several flower- 
stems. Leaves more or less divided, smooth and glossy, 
pinnatifid; the segments distant, linear, entire, or two or 
three-cleft, taper-pointed, and bearded at the points. Peti¬ 
oles pubescent. Stipules narrowly linear, tapering to a long 
slender point, clothed with long white hairs. Flower stems 
compound, leafy, producing several umbels of flowers on 
each, densely clothed with short wool, and long white hairs 
intermixed. Peduncles densely tomentose, and very hairy. 
Umbels 4 to 6-flowered. Involucre of about 6 bractes, 
which are long and narrowly linear, taper-pointed, tomen¬ 
tose, and clothed with numerous long white hairs. Calyx 
5-cleft, the segments linear, taper-pointed, densely clothed 
or bearded with long white hairs, and short white tomentum 
underneath. Nectariferous tube a little longer than the 
calyx, also tomentose and hairy. Petals 5, spatulately li¬ 
near, obtuse, of a pale blush, each marked with two longi¬ 
tudinal red lines, which join a little within the point, and 
are slightly branched; two upper petals rather broadest, 
reflexed from about the middle, and marked with a purple 
patch near the base. Filaments 10 , short, slightly connect¬ 
ed at the base, 5 only bearing anthers, the two lower ones 
