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PELARGONIUM cynosbatifolium. 
Cynosbati-leaved Stork' s-hill. 
P. cynoshatifolium, caule fruticoso ramoso; ramis con- 
fertis brevissimis, foliis cordatis trilobis obtusis denti- 
culato-crenatis pilosis : lobo medio trilobo, stipulis 
cordatis acuminatis, pedunculis 2-5-floris, petalis sub- 
aequalibus, tubo nectarifero brevissimo calyce triple 
breviore. 
Pelargonium cynosbatifolium. Willden. hort. berol. t. 78. 
Enum. V. 2. p. 708. Link enum. v. 2. p. 193. DC. 
prodr. 1. p. 654. Hort. sub. loud. p. 152. 
Geranium oxoniense. Andrews's geran. c. ic. el Hortu- 
lanorum. 
Stem shrubby, much branched : brandies very short, 
crowded, spreading, thickly clothed with spreading villous 
hairs, as is every other part of the plant, except the corolla. 
Leaves cordate, deeply 3-lobed or nearly pinnatifid, obtuse, 
roughish, margins finely but bluntly notched or toothed, 
underneath prominently nerved, the nerves branching in 
all directions : middle lobe 3-lobed ; side ones entire, or 
sometimes shortly 2-lobed. Petioles much flattened, and 
furrowed on the upper side, and convex on the lower, 
widened at the base. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, 
sometimes toothed, ciliate. Peduncles short and stiff, 
cylindrical, from 2 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 
ovate or broadly lanceolate concave pointed bractes. Pe- 
dicles longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
erect or slightly spreading, oblongly-lanceolate, concave, 
pointed. Nectariferous tube very short, (in some flowers 
