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GRIELUM tenuifolium.
Slender-leaved Grielum.
G. tenuifolium, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, foliis
bipinnatifidis incanis; segmentis linearibus acuti-
usculis canaliculatis, caule ramoso diffuso.
Grielum tenuifolium. Willden. sp.pl. 2. p. 771. Pers.
syn. 1. p. 513. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 116.
Lamarck, ill. t. 388.
Root perennial, succulent. Stem branching, slightly
succulent, prostrate, points ascending, thickly clothed
with a soft knappy down, as is every other part of
the plant, except the corolla. Leaves bipinnatifid,
mostly two together; segments linear, channelled,
bluntly pointed. Petioles flat on the upper side, slightly
convex on the lower, gradually narrowing upwards.
Stipules subulate. Peduncles axillary, longer than the
leaves, nearly cylindrical, 1-flowered. Calyx deeply
5-cleft, continuing to increase in size, persistent: segments
lanceolate, acute, margins slightly recurved.
Petals 5, broadly obovate, of a bright yellow colour,
green at the base, much veined, margins fimbriate or
slightly jagged. Stamens 10, persistent, hardening
into horny spines ; every other one longest; all joined
to a crown that surrounds the germens: filaments
broadest at the base, gradually tapering upwards : anthers
incumbent, 2-celled, burst in front to discharge
the pollen, which is orange-coloured. Styles short.
Stigmas 5 to 8, capitate, surrounded by a white 5-
cornered knappy membrane. •
For the opportunity of giving a figure of this rare
and beautiful plant, we are indebted to Mr. John