300 GERANIACE& (Harv.) [Pelurgonium. — 
smooth ; leaves from the crown, on long petioles, ovate-reniform, with & — 
cuneate attenuated base, somewhat lobed, the lobes roundish and crenato- 
dentate, both surfaces silky ; stipules small, deltoid, deciduous; peduncles 
elongate, scapiform, branchele bearing one or two leaves, the partial 
pluri-flowered ; pedicels scarcely any, calyx densely villous, the tu 
much longer than the linear, obtuse segments. DC. Prod, 1. p. 665. 
Bot. Mag. t. 477. P. primulinum, Sw. DC. 1. ¢. oe 
Has. North-West Coast of the Colony, Hove (1786). Opposite Ichaboe, Herb. 
Hook. (Herb. Hook., Holm.) i 
Remarkable for its thick, almost tuberous stem and leaves greatly tapering into 
the petiole. The nerves are 3, laterally branched. Flowers white, the petals sub- 
equal, each having a purple spot in the centre. ‘ 
ei aes : 
137. P. cortuseefolium (L’Her. Ger. t. 25); stem short, thick and — 
fleshy, rough with persistent stipules; leaves from the crown, on long 
petioles, cordate, inciso-lobate, undulate, unequally toothed, pubescent; 
stipules subulate, their bases persistent ; peduncles elongate, branched, 
with many-flowered umbels ; calyx-tube four times as long as the ovate, 
reflexed segments ; petals obovate, emarginate. DC.1.c¢.p. 665. Sw. 
Ger. t. 14. Andr. Rep. t. 121. 
: nts North-West of the Colony, lat. 23°. S., Hove. Introduced to England 
in 1786. ae 
Shave seen no specimens of this species. 
138. P. reniforme (Bot: Mag. t. 493); stem shrubby, short, often 
scaly ; branches succulent, velvetty ; leaves on long petioles, renyorm 
or ovato-cordate, obtuse, crenate or lobulate, velvetty above, albo-to- 
mentose and prominently many-nerved underneath, the nerves digitate, 
forking ; stipules from a broader base, subulate ; peduncles elongate, 
often branched, the partial pluri-flowered ; pedicels much shorter than ~ 
the calyx-tube, which is lanoso-pubescent and thrice as long as the 
sepals ; petals obovate. DC. Prod. 1. p. 666. Sw. Ger. 48. Andr. 
Rep. t. 108. 
Var. a. reniforme ; leaves broadly reniform ; flowers bright purple. 
E, d& Z.! 599, 600. by se Nand 
Var. 8. velutinum; leaves ovato-cordate ; flowers bright purple. — 
Lk Z.! 598. , Sie or 
\* Var. y. sideefolium ; leaves ovato-cordate or reniform ; flowers black- 
ish purple or very dark. Ger. sideefolium, Thunb, Cap. p. 518. #.& 
2.1 597. Drege! 225%. } 
Has. Among shrubs and in fields in the Eastern Districts. Uitenhage and Al- 
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