GRIELUM laciniatum.
Jagged-leaved Qrielum.
GRIELUM. Calyx concreto, lobis obpleornsigsitse nasc u5m-fiindautsi,s tpuebro ebersteivvia ctiuomne cma ripncclulims bsuenb-- tibus. Petala 5 tubo imtn&.Stamina 10, filamentis persistenti- cbaups itdaetim. umCa pinsudluar actaor-pspelilnise s5c-e1n0t ibaurcst.f e cSotnylcir e5t-is1 0c obnrsteavness , 6ap-1ic0e- lmocvuelrasruims, , sucpoetrynlefed doenpibreusss af,o lloiacuceliiss ,v erratdicicilulalati s o1b-slipqeurem issu. pSerebm._e_n cHoemrbpoasei tsau. flFfilrourteessc aenmtepsl iC flaapwen. sDesC. F. oplrioad pri.n 2n. apt.i m54 d9i.ssecta aut de-
G. laciniatum,' caule debili prostrato dense tomentoso, foliis inajqua- lliinbeuasr !l aocbimloantgisis soubptruas igs lasburpirs an ictiadnias lsicuubltautsis ,t osmtiepnutloiss isli n: elaacriinbiuiss acaculymcein daetinss, ep teodmunencutolisso :a sxeilglmareibnntiss aucnuiftlios.ris petiolo longioribus
GriSeluuimt. /ltaocritn. ibartuitm. p. .H 7e5r.b . Banks, mss. Geertn. fruct. 1. rv.' 180' t 3fi '
Root tuberous, fusiform, rough and rugged, producing
3 or 4 slender, procumbent, simple stems, which lay prostrate
on the ground, and in time attain a great length. Stems
densely clothed with a loose cottony wool, which wears off
by age5 and the stems then become smooth and glossy, and
decrease in thickness. Leaves generally in fours, very unequal
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’segment
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 ft at, broadest
at the base, densely clothed with loose cottony wool particularly
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,
onger than the petioles, and continuing to increase in length! L>alyx persistent, 5-cleft, densely clothed with a thick close-
pressed white tomentum, the segments ovate, with taper