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CICONIUM FothergiUii. 
Fothergiirs Ciconium. 
C. FothergiUii, caule suberecto ramoso, foliis renifor- 
mibus quinquelobis crenatis zonatis, stipulis cor- 
dato-oblongis acutis ciliatis, pedunculis longissimis, 
umbellis raultifloris, petalis obovatis venosis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce triplo longiore. 
Ciconium FothergiUii. Colv. catal. ed. 2. col. 1. 
Pelargonium FothergiUii. Colv. catal. ed. 1. p. 22. 
col. 3. 
Geranium FothergiUium. Andrews s geran. c. ic. 
a. coccineum, petaHs coccineis, fig. a. 
/3. purpureum, petaHs purpureis, fig. b. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches long, 
simple, thickly clothed with short white reflexed hairs, 
and soft down intermixed. Leaves rather succulent, 
kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, crenated with broad shallow 
notches, downy on both sides, and marked with a more 
or less faint zone or circle. Petioles slightly flattened 
on the upper side and convex on the lower, a little 
swollen at the base and point, thickly clothed with 
short white spreading hairs. Stipules cordately oblong 
or ovate, acute, fringed, their sides generally reflexed. 
Peduncle solitary, very long, opposite to the leaf, 
swollen at the base, thickly clothed with short white 
hairs that are tipped with a resinous gland. Involucre 
of numerous ovate, or broadly lanceolate, acute, undu- 
late, fringed bractes. Calyx 5- cleft; segments lan- 
ceolate, acute, spreading, thickly covered with long 
soft hairs. Nectariferous tube nearly sessile, of a brown 
colour, about three times the length of the calyx. Pe- 
