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PELARGONIUM Mattbcksianum. 
Mrs. Sweefs Stork* s-bilL 
P. Mattocksianum caule fruticoso ramoso, ramis erecto- 
patentibus, foliis profunde trilobis utrinque hirsu- 
tis ; lobis acutis acute serrato-dentatis, pedunculis 
trifloris, petalis superioribus rotundatis inferioribus 
obovato-oblongis, tubo nectarifero calyce sesqui- 
longiore. 
Stem shrubby, dwarf and bushy ; branches erect or 
slightly spreading, thickly clothed with long spreading 
villous hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. 
Leaves between cordate and cuneate, deeply 3-lobed, 
slightly concave, numerously and prominently nerved 
underneath, hairy on both sides ; lobes straight, acute, 
sharply sawed or toothed, the teeth unequal in length. 
Petioles slender, flattened and channelled on the upper 
side, and convex on the lower, a little widened at the 
base. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, ciliate. Pedun- 
cles long and slender, thickened at the base, 3-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 or 7 broadly ovate taper-pointed fringed 
bractes. Pedicles more than double the length of the 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft ; laciniae lanceolate, acute, the 
upper one largest, erect ; the others reflexed or revo- 
lute. Nectariferous tube half as long again as the 
calyx, broadly flattened on each side and gibbous at the 
base. Petals 5, of a pure white, the two upper ones 
very large, nearly round, imbricate, and marked in the 
centre with a large dark purple spot on a red ground, 
below which are a few purple lines that are slightly 
branched ; lower petals obovately oblong, spreading. 
Filaments 10, connected at the base, seven bearing an- 
thers ; pollen orange-coloured. Style pale- coloured, 
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