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PELARGONIUM aimatum. 
Strong-spined Stork' s-hill. 
P. armatum, umbellis multifloris paniculatis, foliis cor- 
datis 5-7-lobis crenatis: supra glabris nitentibus; 
subtus tomentosis multinerviis, caule stricto crasso 
carnoso, stipulis subulatis persistentibus spines- 
centibus rectis. 
Pelargonium armatum. Nobis supra fol. 48. in adn, 
Colv. catal. edA.p.ll. col 2. ed. 2. p, 22. col. 1. 
Geranium echinatum; rubrum. Andrews, etc. 
Root large, branching out into numerous tubers 
of various shapes and sizes. Stem shrubby, stiff, 
erect, very thick, and succulent, clothed with a hard 
brown shining bark, and thickly beset with long 
straight persistent stipules; branches short, straight, 
rigid. Leaves cordate, 5 to 7-lobed, deeply but un- 
equally notched, of a shining green but slightly pubes- 
cent OQ the upper side, and densely tomentose under- 
neath: nerves numerous, much branched. Petioles 
slightly flattened on the upper side, and rounded on 
the lower; swollen at the base, thickly clothed with 
very short spreading, unequal hairs. Stipules straight, 
subulate, persistent; when young tapering to a fine 
point, afterwards becoming stiff and horny, and more 
blunt ; not recurved, as in P. echinatum. Peduncles 
panicled, cylindrical, thickened at the base, hairy. 
Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of several lanceolate, 
acute, fringed bractes. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments blunt, 
concave ; upper one erect, the others reflexed. Necta- 
riferous tube very long and slender, about four times the 
length of the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright purple, 
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