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PELARGONIUM Palkii. 
Mr. PaWs Stork' s-bill. 
P. PalMi, caule fruticoso ramoso, ramis patentibus, fo- 
liis planis cordatis trilobis dentatis : lobis distinctis 
patentibus rotundato-obtusis inferioribus sublobatis, 
stipulis cordato-ovatis ciliatis, umbellis multiaoris, 
tubo nectarifero calyce parum longiore. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with long white spreading unequal 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, bractes, and calyx. 
Leaves flat, cordate, deeply 3-lobed, toothed with large 
bluntly rounded teeth, clothed with short hairs on both 
sides, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves much 
branched: lobes spreading, distinct, bluntly rounded; 
lower ones slightly 2-lobed. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side and convex on the lower. Stipules cordately 
ovate, acute, fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, 4 to 8- 
flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 bractes, some of which 
are ovate, others lanceolate, fringed, taper-pointed. 
Pedicles longer than the bractes, villous. Calyx 5-cleft ; 
segments acute; upper one ovate, erect; the others 
lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube a little longer 
than the calyx, flattened on both sides, gibbous at the 
base. Petals 5, of a dark scarlet : the two upper ones 
broadly obovate, with an obscure spot in the centre, 
and from it to the base are a few dark lines that are 
slightly branched; lower petals oblongly ligulate, 
spreading. Filaments 10, connected at the base, seven 
bearing anthers, which in our specimens were all im- 
perfect. Style purple, slightly hairy at the base and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, revolute. 
