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PELARGONIUM vespertinum. 
Evening-sceiited Stork' s-bill. 
P. vespertinum, caule fruticoso carnoso nodoso flexuoso : 
nodis tumidis, foliis ternatis subglaucis pubescen- 
tibus : foliolis cuneatis inciso-dentatis barbatis ; iu- 
termedio petiolato 5-7-lobato, umbellis multifloris, 
petalis obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce quintuple 
longiore. 
Stem shrubby, very thick and succulent, slender in 
places, flexuose, swollen at the joints, the young shoots 
thickly clothed with long spreading soft villous hairs. 
Leaves ternate, slightly glaucous, clothed on both sides 
with a short pubescence, margins curved inwards : 
leaflets wedge-shaped, incised, or toothed with blunt 
rounded unequal bearded teeth ; middle one petiolate, 
deeply divided into 5 or 7 lobes, sinuses rounded; 
lower ones smaller, deeply 2-lobed. Petioles slightly 
flattened on the upper side and rounded on the lower, 
thinly clothed with long spreading hairs. Stipules lan- 
ceolate, taper-pointed, hairy, and ciliate. Peduncles 
thick, cylindrical, from 12 to 25-flowered. Involucre 
of numerous lanceolate acute bractes, all joined into 
one at the base and bearded at the points. Pedicles 
very short, scarcely any. Floivers very fragrant in the 
evening, but without scent during the day. Calyx 5- 
cleft, villous, segments lanceolate, bluntish, all re- 
flexed or revolute. Nectariferous tube 5 or 6 times 
longer than the calyx, flattened on each side, gradually 
tapering downwards, very hairy. Petals 5, obovate, 
the two upper ones nearly obcordate, of a bright pink, 
lighter towards the base, where they are marked with a 
few small linear spots ; lower petals darker, altogether 
