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PELARGONIUM planifolium. 
Flat-leaved Stork's- bill. 
^.planifolium, caule fruticoso ramoso; ramis erectis 
hirsutis, foliis planis cordatis ^trilobis denticulatis 
carnosis glabriusculis, stipulis cordatis acutis sub- 
dentatis, pedunculis 3-4-floris, tubo nectarifero 
calyce subaequali. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches purplish, 
erect, thickly clothed with short white spreading hairs' 
as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves flat' 
carnose, cordate, 3-lobed, toothed with short blunt 
unequal teeth, prominently nerved underneath, glossy 
on the upper side, but slightly hairy all over ; lobes 
blunt. Petioles short, much flattened on the upper 
side and convex on the lower. Stipules cordate, taper- 
pointed, sometimes toothed, hairv. Peduncles long 
and slender, 3 or 4-flowered. Involucre of several short 
ovate acute bractes. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments broadly 
lanceolate, acute, erect. Nectariferous tube about the 
length of the calyx, purple, flattened on both sides 
gibbous at the base. Petals 5, obovate, the two upper 
ones largest, of a bright bluish lilac, with a large 
dark purple patch in the centre and numerous lines 
from the base, which branch all over the petals ; lower 
ones narrower, of a deep blush, also marked with lines 
at the base. Stamens 10, connected at the base, seven 
of them bearing anthers, %/e red, hairy all over 
Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
This plant is of hybrid origin, and was raised at 
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a seed of P. Hoare^ 
anum, that had been fertilized by the pollen of one of 
the stronger growing sorts ; but we cannot with any 
