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PELARGONIUM odaratissimum. 
Swe^t'ScmM S tork's-bilL 
P. odoratissimum, caule carnoso squamoso brevissimo, 
foliis subrotundo-cordatis obtuse crenulatis mollissimis, 
ramis floriferis prostratis, umbellis plurifloris, petalis 
calyce parum longioribus, tubo nectarifero calyee paulo 
breviore. 
Pelargonium odoratissimum. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 657. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 229. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 167. 
DC. prodr.l. p.659. 
Geraiuum odoratissimum. Andrews' s germ. t. 40, Cav. 
diss.4!.p. Ml. t \03. f. I. 
Stem sufFruticose, very short, branching; branches 
very short, thickly crowded with lesives, flowering branches 
elongated, prostrate, and producing numerous umbels of 
flowers. Leaves roundly cordate or kidney-shaped, ob- 
tusely crenulate, covered on both sides with a white mealy 
pubescence, very soft to the touch. Petioles a little flat- 
tened on the upper side, and convex on the lower, dilated 
at the base, downy. Stipules cordate, acute, membrana- 
ceous. Peduncles cylindrical, downy, 3 to 8-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, taper-pointed bractes. 
Pedicles a little longer than the nectariferous tube, thickly 
clothed with soft villous hairs. Calyx 5 -cleft, segments lan- 
ceolate, acute, upper one erect, the others spreading when 
the flower is expanded, very hairy. Nectariferous tube 
flattened on both sides, gibbous at the base, rather shorter 
than the calyx. Petals 5, nearly equal, ligulate, white, a 
little longer than the calyx. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers. Germen silky. Style short, pale 
flesh colour, slightly hairy at the base, and smooth on the 
upper part. Stigmas 5, flesh coloured, reflexed. 
