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PELARGONIUM Ch^rophyllum. 
Cow-Parsley-leaved Stork's-bill. 
P. ChcBrophyllum, caule erecto sufFruticoso carnoso squa- 
moso, foliis pinnatifidis bipinnatifidisque pubescenti- 
bus : segmentis laciniatis dentatis obtusis, stipulis cor- 
dato-ovatis acutis subpersistentibus, scapo flexuoso 
paniculato-ramoso, umbellis multifloris, tubo nectari- 
fero calyce subtriplo longiore. 
Pelargonium Chaerophyllum. Swt. hort. brit. p. — . 
n. 23. ined. 
Stem sufFruticose, erect, succulent, somewhat scaly, 
occasioned by the subpersistent stipules and cracked bark. 
Leaves pinnatifid, thickly clothed on both sides with short 
hairs, very soft to the touch ; segments pinnatifid or deeply 
laciniate, toothed, obtuse. Petioles slightly flattened on 
the upper side and rounded on the lower, a little thickened 
at the base, densely clothed with short hairs, and soft down 
intermixed. Stipules cordately ovate, acute, partly re- 
maining persistent, joined to the base of the petioles. 
Scape long, somewhat flexuose, paniculately branched, 
leafy at the point. Peduncles cylindrical, many-flowered. 
Involucre of several linearly-lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
hairy bractes. Pedicles slender, longer than the bractes. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, the upper one erect, 
ovately-lanceolate, acute, concave, keeled, much longer 
than the others, which are lanceolate, acute, and slightly 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube about 3 times longer than 
the calyx, flattened and keeled on each side, gibbous at 
the base, slightly hairy. Petals 5, obovate, the 2 upper 
ones about double the size of the others, of a bright scarlet, 
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