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PELARGONIUM naniim. 
Pigmy Siork^S'bill. 
P. nanum, pedunculis subquadrifloris panic alatis^ fo- 
liis cordatis trilobis inaequaliter obtuse dentatis, 
caiile sufFruticoso declinato, stipulis cordato-lan- 
ceolatis ciliatis. 
Pelargonium ignescens 7 nanum. Hoare MSS. 
Stem very short, sufFruticose ; branches declining, 
thickly covered with unequal villous hairs. Leaves 
cordate, 3-lobed, unequally and very bluntly toothed, 
covered on both sides with short stiff hairs. Petioles 
slightly flattened and furrowed on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, thickly clothed with soft villous 
hairs, as are the peduncles, involucre, and calyx. Sti- 
pules cordately lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Peduncles 
panicled, 2 to 4-flowered. Involucre of one leaflet, 
divided into 4 or 6 segments ; segments ovately lan- 
ceolate, ciliate. Pedicles curved upwards. Calyx 5- 
cleft, upper segment erect, ovate, keeled ; the others 
broadly lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube about 
the length of the calyx, much flattened and furrowed 
on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the 
two uppermost obovate, of a light scarlet, lightest at 
the base, from which branch numerous black lines that 
are reticulately branched ; lower petals broadly ligu- 
late, rather paler, with 2 purple lines from the base of 
each. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing an- 
thers, which are all sterile in our specimens. Style 
flesh-coloured, hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This very curious and handsome little plant is a 
hybrid production, and was raised by Sir R. C. Hoare 
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