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PELARGONIUM incanescens. 
TVhitish'leaved Stork' s-bill. 
P. incanescens, umbellis subquinquefloris, foliis corda- 
tis, profunde quinquelobis dentatis canescenti-pu- 
bescentibus, stipulis acuminatis, petalis superiori- 
bus veiiosis, tubo nectarifero calyce parum longiore. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branched; branches thickly 
clothed with soft villous hairs, as are the petioles, pe- 
duncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, deeply lobedVith 
sharp lobes, unequally but sharply toothed, thickly 
clothed with a hoary pubescence, strongly and nume- 
rously nerved underneath ; lower ones 5 to 7-lobed ; 
upper ones 3 to 5-lobed, more acute. Petioles flatten- 
ed and furrowed on the upper side and convex on the 
lower. Stipules broadly lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
fringed. Peduncles 3 to 5-flowered, longer than the 
leaves. Involucre of six or seven lanceolate, keeled, 
taper-pointed, ciliate bractes. Pedicles longer than 
the bractes, villous, Cali/x 5-cleft ; segments lanceo- 
late, taper-pointed, erect. Nectariferous tube a little 
longer than the calyx, flattened on each side, of a 
brownish purple. Petals 5, the two upper ones ob- 
longly ovate, oblique at the base, of a pale lilac, with 
a dark velvetty spot in the centre, and from the base 
to the point, branch numerous purple lines in all direc- 
tions ; lower petals oblong, spreading, pale lilac. Fi- 
laments 10, united at the base, seven bearing anthers : 
pollen orange-coloured. Sti/le red, very hairy on the 
lower part, and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, of 
the same colour, reflexed. 
The present plant is of hybrid origin, and was 
raised last year, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a 
