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PELARGONIUM fuscatum. 
Brown-7narked Stork' s-bill. 
V. fuscatum, pedunculis plurifloris, foliis cordatis ob- 
solete trilobis planis insequaliter dentatis villosis, 
stipulis cordato ovatis subdentatis, caule villoso, 
tubo nectarifero calyce parum longiore. 
Pelargonium fuscatum. Colv. cataL ed. 2. p. 22. col. 3. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched; branches 
erect, thickly clothed with long villous hairs, as is 
every other part of the plant, except the corolla. Leaves 
flat, cordate, rounded, slightly 3-lobed, unequally tooth- 
ed with numerous small sharp teeth, prominently and 
numerously veined underneath. Petioles flattened and 
furrowed on the upper side, and convex on the lower ; 
a little widened at the base. Stipules short, cordate or 
ovate, sometimes toothed, acute, fringed. Peduncles 
cylindrical, several-flowered. Involucre of six or seven 
ovate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles unequal in 
length, longer than the nectariferous tube. Cali/x 5- 
cleft, segments all reflexed ; the upper one ovate, the 
others lanceolate, acute, fringed. Nectariferous tube 
much flattened and gibbous at the base ; a little longer 
than the calyx. Petals 5, the two upper ones roundly 
ovate, of a bluish lilac, with a large dark brown mark 
in the centre, stained round with red, and below it are 
a few dark lines, that are slightly branched; lower 
petals oblong, of a bluish lilac. Filaments 10, united 
at the base, seven bearing anthers. Germen villous. 
Style very hairy about half-way up, and smooth on the 
upper part. Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
The present subject is a hybrid production, and 
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