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PELARGONIUM dimacriaeflorum. 
Dimacria-Jlowered Stork' s-bill. 
P. dimaci^iceflorum, subacaule, foliis laciniato-pinnati- 
fidis pinnatisque canescenti-pubescentibus ; seg- 
mentis foliolisque oppositis oblongis integris bifi- 
disve subdentatis, petalis patentissimis obovato- 
spathulatis subdeflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce 
reflexo duplo longiore. 
Root tuberous. Stem short and succulent. Leaves 
tufted, laciniate, pinnatifid or pinnate, clothed with a 
short hoary pubescence ; segments or leaflets opposite, 
oblong, obtuse, entire, bifid or 3-toothed. Petioles 
slender, slightly flattened on the upper side, thickly 
clothed with short white close-pressed hairs, as are the 
peduncles and calyx. Stipules lanceolate, acute, join- 
ed to the base of the petioles. Scape leafy, branching, 
bearing several umbels of flowers. Peduncles cylin- 
drical, slightly bent inwards. Umbels many -flowered. 
Involucre of several linearly lanceolate, acute, keeled 
bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, acute, 
slightly keeled, reflexed. Nectariferous tube nearly 
sessile, about twice the length of the calyx. Petals 5, 
widely spreading, deflexed, of a bright orangy scarlet ; 
upper ones obovate, connivent at the base with spread- 
ing points, more or less marked with branching brown- 
ish purple lines; lower ones broadly spatulate, dis- 
tinct, dependent. Stamens 10, united at the base, 
seven bearing anthers ; two lower fertile ones much 
longer than the others, as in Dimacria. Style silky, 
purple. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This pretty little plant is a hybrid production, and 
is intermediate between V.fulgidum and Dimacria as^ 
