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PELARGONIUM Alleiiii. 
Mr, Allen* s Stork' s-hill. 
P. Allemi, caule fruticoso raraoso difFuso, foliis cor- 
datis profunda trilobis cartilagineo-dentatis acutis 
utrinque hirsutis : lobo intermedio subtrilobo, sti- 
pulis lato-cordatis acutis villosis, pedunculis multi- 
floris, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce 
subaequali. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with long spreading white hairs, and 
shorter villous ones intermixed. Leaves cordate, about 
as broad as long, deeply 3-lobed, acute, unequally 
toothed with long sharp cartilaginous teeth, hairy on 
both sides, strongly nerved underneath : upper lobe 
largest, generally S-lobed ; side ones mostly 2-lobed, 
sinuses acute. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower, thickly clothed 
with spreading villous hairs, as are the peduncles, 
bractes, and calyx. Stipules broadly cordate, acute, 
sometimes toothed, villous. Peduncles cylindrical, from 
5 to 8-flowered. Involucre of from 6 to 8, ovate, acute 
bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, longer than the 
bractes. Calyx 5-clefted ; segments lanceolate, acute, 
densely villous, the upper one broadest, erect, the others 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube about the length of the 
calyx, much flattened on each side, and gibbous at the 
base ; scarcely as long as the pedicles. Petals 5, of a 
dark scarlet, tinged with purple ; the two upper ones 
obovate, marked in the centre with an obscure spot ; 
between it and the base are numerous dark lines, 
branching in all directions; lower petals obovately 
oblong, of rather a lighter colour. Filaments 10, 
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