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PELARGONIUM schizophyllum. 
Deeply cut-leaved Stork's-bill, 
P. schizophyllum, caule fruticoso ramoso ; ramis nodosis 
flexuosis glaucescentibus, foliis tripartitis pinnatifido- ' 
laciniatis acutis glaucescentibus acute inciso-serratis, 
stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, umbellis multifloris, 
tubo nectarifero longe pedicellate calyce sesquilongiore. 
Pelargonium schizophyllum. Swt. hort. hrit.p, 82. n, 9>95. 
Stem shrubby, branching : branches spreading, flex- 
uose, swollen at the joints, gla,ucous, slightly pubescent. 
Leaves ternate, or deeply 3-parted, acute, more or less 
glaucous, sharply cut and toothed, clothed on both sides 
with very short hairs : lower leaflets or segments deeply 
2-parted, divaricate; terminal one pinnatifid or deeply 
laciniated, the sinuses acute. Petioles slender, nearly cy- 
lindrical, or slightly flattened on the upper side, pubescent. 
Stipules ovate or lanceolate, taper-pointed. Peduncles 
cylindrical, glaucous, slightly pubescent, in a sort of pani- 
cle, many-flowered. Involucre of from 6 to 8 linearly 
lanceolate acute bractes. Pedicles long and slender, trans- 
parent at the base and apex, longer than the nectariferous 
tube. Calyx 5 -cleft, segments erect, lanceolate, acute, 
keeled and ciliate. Nectariferous tube about half as long 
again as the calyx, flattened on both sides, pubescent. 
Petals 5, of a red salmon colour, the 2 upper ones erect, 
wedge-shaped, and marked from the base with purple 
slightly branched lines : lower ones spreading, ligulate, 
also faintly marked with red lines from the base. Fila- 
ments 10, united at the base, 5 only bearing anthers in the 
specimens that we have examined, and those were very 
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