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PELARGONIUM rotundilobum. 
Round- lobed Stork's- bill. 
P. rotund'dohum, foliis planis cordatis profunde quin- 
quelobis obsolete dentatis mollibus: lobis divari- 
catis rotundato-obtusis, stipulis lato-cordatis acutis 
margine reflexis, umbellis subsexfloris, tubo necta- 
rifero calyce reflexo subeequali. 
Pelargonium rotundilobum. Swt. hort. brit, inedit. 
Stem shrubby, branching- ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs and soft 
down intermixed. Leaves flat, cordate, deeply 5-lobed, 
obsoletely notched with short blunt notches, hairy on 
both sides, very soft to the touch, much nerved under- 
neath, the nerves reticulately branched : lobes distant, 
spreading, very broad and rounded. Petioles slightly 
flattened on the upper side and rounded on the lower, 
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs and soft 
down intermixed, as are the peduncles, bractes, and 
calyx. Stipules broadly cordate, acute, the margins 
reflexed. Peduncle cylindrical, generally 6-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 or 8 broadly lanceolate taper-pointed 
bractes, all united into one at the base. Pedicles very 
short, hairy. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment ovate, the 
pthers lanceolate, all reflexed. Petals 5, cuneate ; the 
two upper ones broadest, brick-coloured with two dark 
brown spots in the centre, between them and the base 
are numerous purple branched lines on nearly a white 
ground ; lower petals of rather a lighter colour. Fila- 
ments 10, united at the base, seven bearing anthers, 
which are generally imperfect. Style pale-coloured, 
very long, hairy at the base and smooth upwards. 
Stigmas 5, pale purple, spreading. 
