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PELARGONIUM Kingii. 
Mr. King's Stork' s^bill. 
P. Kingii, caule fruticoso ramoso, ramis patentibus 
villosis; foliis cordatis trifidis villosis: segmentis 
cuneatis subtrilobis, insequaliter grosseque dentatis, 
stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acutis subdentatis, pedun- 
culis 3-4-floris, petalis rotundato-obovatis, tubo nec- 
tarifero calyce subaequali. 
Pelargonium Kingii. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p. 22. col. 2. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with Jong spreading villous hairs, and 
shorter ones intermixed ; as is every other part of the 
plant, except the corolla. Leaves cordate, trifid, hollow 
in the centre, margins slightly undulate ; segments cu- 
neate, more or less imbricate, generally 2 or 3-lobed, 
deeply but unequally toothed. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower, widened at the 
base. Stipules ovately-lanceolate, acute, often toothed, 
ciliate. Peduncles 3 or 4-flowered, longer than the 
leaves, cylindrical. Involucre of six lanceolate, acute, 
fringed bractes. Pedicles longer than the bractes, about 
the length of the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, 
laciniae lanceolate, acute, the upper one broadest, erect ; 
points of the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube about 
the length of the calyx, much flattened on each side, 
and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, roundly obovate, 
imbricate, of a light scarlet, or deep salmon colour, 
edged with purple; the two upper ones about half as 
large again as the lower ones, with, or sometimes 
without an obscure brown spot in the centre, below 
which are two forked dark purple lines from the base. 
