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CICONIUM micranthuni. 
Small-flowered Ciconium. 
C. micranthum, caule fruticoso carnoso, foliis cordato- 
reniformibus orbiculatis breviter 5-lobis crenatis utrin- 
que moUiter pubescentibus, stipulis cordatis ciliatis, 
umbellis multifloris, petalis rotundato-obovatis sub- 
emarginatis calyce sesqiiilongioribus, tubo nectarifero 
calyce duplo longiore. 
Ciconium micranthum. Swt. hort. brit. p. 85. n. 23. 
Geranium coccineum, var. parviflorum. Hoare geran.p. 2. 
Stem shrubby, succulent, branching: branches stiff, 
erect, glossy, but slightly pubescent, naked below, and pro- 
ducing a few leaves only at the extremities. Leaves cor- 
dately reniform, rounded, slightly 5-lobed, shallowly notched, 
very soft to the touch, and densely clothed on both sides 
with a short pubescence : lobes rounded. Petioles nearly 
cylindrical, swollen at the base, thickly clothed with short 
spreading hairs. Stipules short, cordate, fringed. Pedun- 
cles lateral, long, erect, thickly clothed with short spread- 
ing hairs. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of 6 cor- 
dately ovate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles short, hairy. 
Calyx 5 -cleft, segments erect, oblong, bluntish, concave, 
thickly clothed with unequal spreading villous hairs. Nec- 
tariferous tube about twice the length of the calyx, thickly 
clothed with short hairs. Petals 5, roundly obovate or 
cuneate, sometimes emarginate, of a bright scarlet, and 
imbricate, the two upper ones rather shortest and smallest. 
Filaments 10, very short and erect; sometimes 6, at other 
times 7, bearing anthers. Style short, quite smooth. 
Stigmas 5, light flesh-coloured, slightly spreading. 
