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PELARGONIUM serratifolium 
Saw -leaved Stork's- bill. 
P. serratifolium, foliis planis profunde quinquelobis 
glaucescentibus serratis; lobis divaricatis cunei- 
formibus sublobatis mucronatis, stipulis cordato- 
ovatis acutis denticulatis, pedunculis 3-5-floris, pe- 
talis calyce duplo longioribus, tubo nectarifero 
calyce duplo longiore. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches slender, 
glaucous, clothed with a minute glandular pubescence. 
Leaves flat, deeply 5-lobed, slightly glaucous, rough- 
ish, and clothed with a very short dense pubescence ; 
lobes spreading, wedge-shaped, sometimes again lobed, 
sharply but not deeply serrated, points mucronate. 
Petioles slender, slightly flattened on the upper and 
convex on the lower, pubescent. Stipules cordately 
ovate, terminating in a short point, finely toothed. 
Peduncles 3 to 5-flowered, axillary or opposite to a 
leaf. Involucre of 6 ovate, acute, slightly toothed 
bractes. Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous 
tube, hairy. Cali/x 5-cleft, bearded at the point ; seg- 
ments lanceolate, taper-pointed; upper one broadest, 
erect, of a brownish purple ; the others spreading or 
slightly reflexed. Nectariferous tube thickly clothed 
with short spreading hairs, about the length of the pe- 
tals and double the length of the calyx. Petals 5, 
spreading ; upper ones obovate, of a pale blush, with 
a bright purple patch in the centre, and numerous 
purple lines betwixt it and the base that are slightly 
branched ; lower petals narrowly obovate, of a pale 
blush, much veined with veins of the same colour. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bearing an- 
thers. Pollen orange-coloured. Style pale flesh-co- 
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