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PELARGONIUM ardescens. 
Burnished Stork* s- bill. 
P. ardescens, caule fruticoso ramoso; ramis erectis, 
foliis cordatis acutis acute et profunde lobatis in- 
ciso-dentatis canescentibus, umbellis plurifloris pa- 
niculatis, tubo nectarifero calyce subsequali aut 
paulo longiore. 
Pelargonium ardescens. Colv. catal, ed. 2. /?. 22. coL 2. 
Stem shrubby, rather succulent, erect, branching ; 
branches erect, slightly flexuose, thickly clothed with 
short white hairs, and a few longer ones intermixed, as 
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves con- 
cave, cordate, acute, trifid, acutely lobed, sharply and 
deeply cut and toothed, canescently pubescent ; lobes 
spreading. Petioles flattened on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, dilated at the base. Stipules 
lanceolate, taper-pointed, broad at the base. Flower- 
stalk paniculate. Peduncle cylindrical, several-flowered. 
Involucre of 6-lanceolate, acute, keeled bractes. Calt/x 
5-cleft ; segments keeled, acute, the upper one ovate, 
the others lanceolate. Nectariferous tube about the 
length, or a little longer, than the calyx, much flat- 
tened on both sides and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
of a bright scarlet, clouded with a dark shining crim- 
son ; upper ones roundly obovate, oblique at the base, 
and marked with numerous branching dark stripes, 
lower petals narrowly obovate, also lined near the base. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bearing anthers, 
which are always sterile. Style pale coloured, slightly 
hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed. 
