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PELARGONIUM jonquiUinum. 
Jonquil-scented Stork* s-hilL 
V. jonquiUinum, caule suffruticoso ereeto crasso carnoso 
squamoso, foliis cordatis 7-9-lobatis ternatisque ca- 
nescenti-pubescentibus ; segmentis foliolisque sinu- 
ato-dentatis ; stipulis cordatis acurainatis, umbellis 
multifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo quadru- 
ple longiore. 
Root tuberous, much branched. Stem erect, short, 
and thick, succulent, scaly from the persistent stipules. 
Leaves cordate, clothed on both sides with a short white 
pubescence, some deeply, others shallowly 7 to 9-lobed, 
others ternate or pinnatifid, more or less undulate; 
leaflets or segments sinuate, or toothed with blunt 
rounded teeth. Petioles long and pendulous, flattened 
but not furrowed on the upper side, rounded on the 
lower, very thick at the base, densely clothed with un- 
equal spreading white hairs, as are the peduncles, ca- 
lyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules cordate, taper- 
pointed, remaining a long time on the stem. Scape 
branching, without leaves. Peduncles stout, cylindrical. 
Umbels from 10 to 20-flowered. Involucre of numerous 
lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles very short. 
Calyx 5-cleft ; segments unequal, obtuse, all reflexed, 
upper and lower ones oblong-oval, side ones oblong- 
lanceolate. Nectariferous tube about four times the 
length of the reflexed calyx, flattened and keeled on 
each side, slightly gibbous at the base. Petals 5, ob- 
ovate, distinct, spreading, the two upper ones rather 
the largest, all of a diluted purple with two obscure 
darker spots in the centre, and light at the base. Fi- 
laments 10, united at the base, one of them a broad 
spatula-shaped one, terminated in a sharp point and 
bearing no anthers ; six bearing anthers, which in our 
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