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PELARGONIUM aceioides. 
3Iaple-like Stork' s-hill. 
P. aceroides, caule fruticoso ramoso ; ramis patentibus, 
foliis rigidis cordatis 5-7-lobis acutis cartilagineo- 
dentatis undulatis pubescentibus subtus multiner- 
viis, stipulis cordato-lanceolatis acuminatis subden- 
tatis, pedunculis plurifloris, petalis venosissimis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce acuminato subsequali. 
Stem shrubby, much branched; Z»rawcAe.y short, spread- 
ing, thickly clothed with long spreading villous hairs, as 
are the petioles, stipules, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
rigid, cordate, 5 or 7-lobed, acute, sharply toothed with 
brown cartilaginous teeth, pubescent on both sides, 
underneath prominently nerved, the nerves branching 
in all directions, margins undulate. Petioles short, 
broadly flattened and furrowed on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, broadest at the base. Stipules 
cordately lanceolate, taper-pointed, often toothed. Pe- 
duncles cylindrical, several-flowered. Involucre of about 
six ovate, taper-pointed, keeled bractes. Pedicles 
longer than the bractes, villous. Calyx 5 -cleft ; seg- 
ments long, lanceolate, taper-pointed, of a brownish 
purple ; upper one erect, the others spreading. Nec^ 
tariferous tube about the length of the calyx, of the 
same colour. Petals 5, the two upper ones roundly, 
obovate, oblique at the base, of a blush-colour^ with a 
faint purple spot in the centre ; between it and the base 
are numerous reddish purple lines which branch all 
over the petals : lower ones oval, of a lighter colour, 
also slightly marked with reddish veins. Filaments 10, 
connected at the base, seven bearing anthers. Style 
purple, quite smooth. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexcd. 
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