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PELARGONIUM Dobreeanum. 
Mq's. Dobree's Stork's-hill. 
P. Dobreeanum, caule fruticoso ramoso : ramis gracilibus 
villosis, foliis cordatis oblongis sinuatis v. profunda 
7-lobis undulatis obsolete dentatis pubescentibus sub- 
viscosis : lobis apice reflexis, umbellis subsexfloris, pe- 
talis patentibus. 
Pelargonium Dobreeanum. Swt. liort. brit.p. — . n. 320. 
ined. 
Stem shrubby, branching : branches slender, spreading, 
thickly clothed with unequal soft villous hairs. Leaves 
oblong, cordate at the base, the sinus generally overlapped, 
pinnatifidly sinuate or deeply 5 to 7-lobed, much undulate, 
and toothed with very small teeth, more or less pubescent, 
slightly viscid : lobes rounded, a little reflexed at the points ; 
sinuses rounded. Petioles slightly flattened on the upper 
side and rounded on the lower, thickened at the base, 
thickly covered with unequal villous hairs, as are the 
peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules short, 
cordate, taper-pointed, villous and fringed. Peduncles 
stout, thickened at the base. Umbels 5 or 6-flowered. 
Involucre of several lanceolate, acute bractes. Pedicles 
short, villous. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment erect, the 
others reflexed. Nectariferous tube unequal in length, 
longer than the calyx. Petals 5, the 2 upper ones, broadly 
obovate, cuneate, of a bright orangy scarlet, with a dark 
spot in the centre, and a white mark below it, from which 
branch numerous short dark lines: lower petals oblongly 
obovate, of rather a lighter colour, much spreading. Fila- 
ments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers, which 
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