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PELARGONIUM pulchmm. 
Gay Stork' S'bill. • 
P. pulchrum, umbellis multifloris paniculatis^ foliis re- 
niformibus cartilagineo-dentatis moUibus multiner- 
viis, stipulis latis cordatis acuminatis, tubo necta- 
rifero calyce multo breyiori. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches thickly covered 
with short villous hairs, as is every other part of the 
plant except the corolla. Leaves kidney-shaped, 
slightly lobed, and toothed with numerous short brown 
cartilaginous teeth which gradually diminish towards 
the base ; very soft to the touch ; nerves numerous, 
prominent, much branched. Petioles a little longer 
than the leaf, widely flattened and channeled on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower. Stipules broadly 
cordate, ciliate, and ending in an acute point. Pe- 
duncles panicled, corymbiform ; umbels many-flowered. 
Involucre of several concave, lanceolate, acute bractes, 
joined at the base. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, 
acute, spreading or slightly recurved. Nectariferous 
tube much shorter than the calyx, flattened on both 
sides, and ridged at the back. Petals 5, the two up- 
permost obovate, oblique, of a pale rose colour, with a 
dark purple spot in the centre, and numerous lines of 
the same colour which branch in all directions ; lower 
ones oblong, obtuse, of a pale blush or nearly white, 
and marked from the base to the middle with 4 faint 
red lines. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 only 
bearing anthers, and these were all imperfect in our 
specimens. Germen villous. Style red, hairy on the 
lower part and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, of 
the same colour, re volute. 
