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PELARGONIUM grandidentatum. 
Large-toothed Stork's-bill. 
P. grandidentatum, caule fruticoso rarnoso ; ramis vil- 
losis, foliis inferioribus magnis flabelliformibus in- 
tequaliter acute dentatis multinerviis basi integer- 
rimis : mediis sublobatis basi angustatis ; superi- 
oribus oblongo-ovatis, stipulis cordato-lanceolatis 
carinatis acuminatis, umbellis multifloris, petalis 
laxis patentibus, tubo nectarifero calyce subsequali. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches slender, thick- 
ly clothed with long soft unequal villous hairs, as are 
the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves large, nu- 
merously and prominently nerved underneath, rigidly 
and sharply toothed, with long unequal taper-pointed 
teeth, entire near the base: upper side furrowed, 
smooth, and glossy; nerves and under side haiiy: 
lower ones fan-shaped, about half as broad again as 
long; middle ones slightly lobed, narrowed to the 
base ; those near the flowers oblong, ovate, or lanceo- 
late, all sharply toothed. Petioles much flattened and 
furrowed on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
dilated at the base and apex. Stipules cordate or lan- 
ceolate, taper-pointed, keeled, entire, or sometimes 
toothed. Umbels many-flowered, panicled. Peduncles 
jointed at the base, more or less bent or crooked. 
Involucre of several large, ovate, acute, villous, im- 
bricate bractes. Pedicles bent upwards. Calyx 5- 
cleft, segments long, lanceolate, taper-pointed, when 
in flower all reflexed. Nectariferous tube about the 
length of the calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous 
at the base. Petals 5, obovate, spreading; the two 
upper ones largest, of a pale blush, marked in the 
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