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PELARGONIUM veniflorum. 
Veined-flowered Slork's-hiU. 
P. veniflorum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis basi cuneatis 
ovatis quinquelobis acutis inciso-dentatis, stipulis lan- 
ceolatis acutis, umbellis 3-4-floris, petalis venosis pa- 
tentibus, tubo nectarifero calyce paulo longiore. 
Pelargonium veniflorum. Swt. Iwrt. hrit. p. — . n. 222. 
inedit. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches slender, 
clothed with unequal spreading hairs. Leaves ovate, acute, 
wedge-shaped at the base, 5-lobed, unequally and sharply 
cut and toothed, slightly hairy. Petioles about the length 
of the leaves, flattened on the upper side and convex on 
the lower, a little widened at the base, thickly clothed with 
unequal spreading hairs, as are the peduncles and calyx. 
Stipules lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 2 to 4-flowered. 
Involucre of 4 to 6 lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. 
Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous tube, slender. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments long, lanceolate, taper- pointed. 
Nectariferous tube a little longer than the calyx, broadly 
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
spreading, the 2 upper ones obovate, slightly emarginate, 
white, with a dark purple patch in the centre, and nume- 
rous purple veins branching in all directions : lower ones 
obovately oblong, rounded, also marked with purple veins. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing perfect anthers: 
pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy at the base, 
and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed or 
revolute. 
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