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PELARGONIUM biflorum. 
Two-flowered Stork's-bill. 
P. biflorum, caule fruticoso ramosissimo, foliis cordatis ro- 
tundato-ovatis acute dentatis subtus multinerviis utrin- 
que pubescentibus, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acutis cili- 
atis, pedunculis bifloris, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce parum breviore. 
Stem shrubby, of a woody texture, clothed with a brown 
rough bark, very much branched : branches slender, rigid, 
flexuose, thickly clothed with unequal spreading villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, bractes, and calyx. 
Leaves nearly as broad as long, cordate, roundly ovate, 
flat or sometimes concave, not lobed, but toothed with nu- 
merous unequal small sharp teeth, strongly and numerously 
nerved underneath, and furrowed on the upper side, clothed 
on both sides with a short pubescence, the nerves hairy. 
Petioles slender, flattened a little on the upper side and 
convex on the lower. Stipules small, ovate or lanceolate, 
acute, hairy and fringed. Peduncles slender, generally 
two-flowered. Involucre of 6 short, broadly ovate, con- 
cave, taper-pointed bractes. Pedicles long and slender, 
villosely hairy. Calyx 5-cleft, segments all reflexed, the 
upper one broadest, ovately lanceolate ; the others lanceo- 
late, all acute. Nectariferous tube a httle shorter than 
the calyx, flattened on both sides. Petals 5, all obovate, 
white tinged with blush, the two upper ones broadest, with 
a faint red spot in the centre, below which are a few short 
bright red and purple lines, a little branched. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style slender, 
longer than the stamens, of a bright purple, very hairy on 
the lower part, and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed or re volute. 
