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PELARGONIUM rhodanthum. 
Rose-coloured Stork's- bill. 
P. rhodanthum, ramis pilosis, foliis subcordatis acutis 
quinquelobis undulato-plicatis argute dentatis ciliatis : 
supra glabris nitidis : subtus nervisque pilosis, stipulis 
oblongis acuminatis subdentatis, umbellis laxis pluri- 
floris, petalis lato-obovatis imbricatis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce reflexo subaequali aut parum longiore. 
Pelargonium rhodanthum. Swt. hm't. hrit. p. 84. n. ^96. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose, much branched, thickly clothed 
with spreading unequal white hairs. Leaves slightly cor- 
date, acute, 5-lobed, much undulate and plaited, more 
or less cucullate, sharply toothed with very unequal rigid 
teeth, and fringed with short hairs, of a smooth glossy 
green on the upper side, the under side and nerves thinly 
clothed with spreading white hairs : upper leaves inclining 
to wedge-shaped, 3 to 5-lobed, and very sharply toothed. 
Petioles stout, unequal in length, flattened on the upper 
side, and convex on the lower, thinly clothed with spreading 
hairs. Stipules oblong, or sometimes lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, often toothed and ciliate. Peduncles long, cylin- 
drical, thinly clothed with spreading hairs. Umbels several- 
flowered, loosely spreading. Involucre of 6 or 8 lanceolate, 
acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, some- 
times about the length of, at other times twice as long as 
the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, reflexed 
or revolute, very hairy and ciliate, the upper one broadest, 
more erect and slightly keeled. Nectariferous tube broadly 
flattened, and gibbous at the base, about the length of, or a 
little longer than the calyx. Petals 5, very broad and 
much imbricate, i;oundly obovate ; the two upper ones 
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