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PELARGONIUM electum. 
Elected Stork's- bill. 
P. electum, caule fruticoso ramosissimo ; ramis gra- 
cilibus flexuosisj foliis cordatis profunde trilobis 
glabris serrato-dentatis : lobis cuneatis divaricato- 
patentibus ; intermedio trilobo, stipulis cordatis 
acutis, pedunculis subtrifloris, tubo nectarifero sca- 
berrimo calyce duplo longiore. 
Pelargonium electum. Colv, catal.p. 22. col. 1 ; edit. 2. 
p. 23. col. 1. 
Geranium grandiflorum ; var. parvifoliata. Andrews's 
geran. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, very much branched; branches 
slender, flexuose, spreading in all directions, and 
thinly covered with small gland-like transparent hairs. 
Leaves cordate, deeply 3-lobed, sharply toothed with 
small unequal teeth, green and glossy, margins fringed 
with short hairs : lohes widely spreading, wedge-shaped, 
acute ; the upper one 3-lobed, side ones 2-lobed. Pe- 
tioles long and slender, slightly flattened on the upper 
side and rounded on the lower, slightly clothed with 
short hairs, as are the peduncles, bractes, and necta- 
riferous tube. Stipules short, cordate, acute. Pe- 
duncles cylindrical, generally 3-flowered, swollen and 
jointed at the base. Involucre of 4 short, narrowly 
ovate, acute, keeled bractes. Pedicles longer than the 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, 
very hairy ; the upper one broadest, erect ; the others 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube about double the length 
of the calyx, flattened and furrowed on each side, very 
scabrous. Petals 5, the two upper ones obovate, more 
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