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PELARGONIUM anthriscifolium. 
AnthriscuS' leaved Stork^s-bilL 
P. anthriscifolium, caule suberecto carnoso squamoso, 
foliis pinnatis utrinque hirsutis ; foliolis pinnatifidis 
incisisve; segmentis lanceolatis obtusiusculis, pe- 
dunculis plurifloris^ tubo nectarifero calyce duplo 
longiore. 
Stem nearly erect, shrubby, succulent, clothed with 
a brown scaly bark. Leaves smallish, pinnate, hairy 
on both sides ; leaflets wedge-shaped, pinnatifid or 
deeply incised ; segments lanceolate, bluntish. Petioles 
short, hairy, flattened on the upper side and convex on 
the lower, widened at the base. Stipules lanceolate, 
acute, joined to the base of the petioles, and partly 
remaining persistent. Scape leafy, branching, thickly 
covered with hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and 
nectariferous tube. Peduncles cylindrical, bent up- 
wards. Umbels several-flowered. Involucre of several 
lanceolate, acute, hairy bractes. Pedicles short, some 
about the length, and others a little longer than the 
bractes. Cali/x 5 -cleft ; segments lanceolate, acute, 
the upper one largest, erect, the others spreading or 
slightly reflexed. Nectariferous tube more than double 
the length of the calyx^ gradually widening upwards, 
and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, of a bright scarlet 
tinged with dark brown, the two upper ones broadest, 
obovately cuneate ; lower ones ligulate. Filaments 10, 
united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Stj^le short, 
pale flesh-coloured, densely hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, 
reflexed. 
This very singular and handsome plant is of hybrid 
origin, and is the produce of P. hirtum that had been 
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