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PELARGONIUM latilobum. 
Broad- lobed Stork' s-hilL 
P. latilobum, foliis planis basi dilatatis 5-7-lobis obtuse 
dentatis molliter pubescentibus ; lobis profundis ro- 
tundatis subimbricatis, stipulis oblongis acutis sub- 
dentatis, umbellis plurifloris subpaniculatis, calyci- 
bus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subsequali. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched. Leaves large, 
very broad at the base : lower ones deeply 7 or 9-lobed, 
unequally toothed with largish blunt teeth, covered oh 
both sides with a soft pubescence; lobes broad and round- 
ed, frequently overlapping each other ; nerves nume- 
rous underneath, large and prominent, branching in all 
directions : upper leaves smaller, 5 -lobed, more sharply 
toothed, base truncate. Petioles flattened and furrow- 
ed on the upper side and convex on the lower, widened 
upwards, where it branches off into nerves, clothed with 
unequal spreading hairs and short down intermixed. 
Stipules oblong or broadly lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
sometimes toothed, fringed, very hairy. Umbels seve- 
ral-flowered, in a kind of panicle. Peduncles cylin- 
drical, thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs, 
as are the bractes, calyx, and nectariferous tube. In- 
volucre of 6 ovate, bluntish, mucronate, fringed bractes. 
Pedicles shorter than the bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, upper 
segment erect, oblong, acute; the others lanceolate, 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube about the length of the 
calyx, flattened on both sides, gibbous at the base. 
Petals 5, the two upper ones obovate, of a bright 
orangey scarlet, with a small dark mark in the centre, 
and numerous purple lines from the base, which branch 
in various directions ; lower petals narrower, oblong. 
