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PELARGONIUM lasiophyllum. 
TVoolly divided-leaved Stork' s-hill. 
P., lasiophyllum^ foliis cordatis pinnatifido-lobatis inciso- 
dentatis utrinque villoso-tomentosis : lobis divaricatis 
acutis, stipulis cordato-ovatis acutis, pedunculis villo- 
sissimis plurifloris subpaniculatis, tubo nectarifero ca- 
lyce sesquilongiore. 
Pelargonium lasiophyllum. Swt. hort. brit. p. 83. n.34>l. 
Stem shrubby, rather succulent, thickly clothed with 
unequal spreading white villous hairs, as is every other part 
of the plant except the corolla : branches nearly erect, or 
slightly spreading, densely villous. Leaves cordate, deeply 
5 to 9-lobed, or nearly pinnatifid, densely clothed on both 
sides with white villous down, strongly nerved underneath, 
the nerves branched : lobes spreading, wedge-shaped, acute, 
incised or toothed with bluntish teeth. Petioles flattened a 
little on the upper side, and convex on the lower, densely 
villous. Stipules cordately ovate, acute, joined to the base 
of the petioles. Peduncles in a sort of panicle, several- 
flowered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate, acute, villous bractes. 
Pedicles about the length of the bractes. Calyx 5 -cleft, 
segments unequal, oblongly lanceolate, reflexed. Necta- 
r^ercms tube about half as long again as the calyx, flat- 
tened on each side, gibbous at the base, and widened up- 
wards. Petals 5, the 2 upper ones obovate, a little oblique 
at the base, of a reddish brick colour, stained with purple, 
and a light stroke to the base, in the middle is 2 dark pur- 
ple spots, that are connected by a reddish shade, and from 
them to the base are some short dark lines, which are more 
or less branched : lower petals ligulate, brick coloured. 
Stamens 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers, 
which, as far as we have observed, have always been with- 
out pollen. Style purple, thickly clothed with long rigid 
hairs. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
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