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PELARGONIUM modestum. 
Modest Stork' s-bill. 
P. modestum, pedunculis villosis 2-3-flons, foliis cor- 
datis trilobis undulatis rugosis denticulatis obtusis 
utrinque hirsutis; lobis rotundatis divaricatis, caule 
erecto ramoso, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce parum breviore. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched; branches 
short, spreading, thickly clothed with long villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
small, cordate, 3-lobed, undulate, rugose, and toothed 
with small pointed teeth, thickly covered with hairs on 
both sides : lobes spreading, blunt, and rounded, ter- 
minal one largest, strongly veined. Petioles khoMt 
the length of the leaves, flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower, widened at the 
base. Stipules short and broad, cordate, acute, fringed. 
Peduncles short, cylindrical, 2 to a-flowered. Invo- 
lucre of six or seven short, cordate or broadly ovate, 
acute, fringed bractes, which are often toothed. Pe- 
dicles long and robust, unequal in length, bent up- 
wards. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments unequal, all reflexed, 
the upper one largest, ovate, the others broadly lan- 
ceolate. Nectariferous tube short and broad, scarcely 
as long as the calyx. Petals 5, the two upper ones 
roundly obovate, oblique at the base, of a pale blush- 
colour, marked ifi the centre with a large patch of 
pale red, at the base of which are some darker marks • 
lower petals oblong, obtuse, pale blush. Filaments lo' 
united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen and aristce villous. Style 
