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PELARGONIUM concinnum. 
Comely Stork' s-bill. 
P. concinnum, umbellis subquadrifloris, foliis oblatis 
trifidis undulatis obtuse denticulatis glabriusculis 
basi truncatis ; segmentis lateralibus bilobis ; inter- 
medio trilobo, stipulis dentatis, calycibus reflexis, 
tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
Pelargoniam purpureum, superhum, Hoare Gerania- 
cece, p. 14. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches slender, thickly 
clothed with soft villous unequal spreading hairs. 
Leaves truncate at the base, trifid, wider than long, 
undulate, shallowly toothed with very blunt unequal 
teeth, smoothish or slightly hairy; segments wedge- 
shaped, hollow, curved inwards, side ones 2-lobed, 
middle one 3-lobed. Petioles slender, slightly flat- 
tened on the upper and rounded on the lower side, 
curved upwards at the point, thickly covered with soft 
villous hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectari- 
ferous tube. Stipules cordate, or widely ovate, acute, 
toothed and ciliate. Peduncles slender, reaching far 
beyond the leaves, generally 4-flowered. Involucre of 
5 or 6 lanceolate acute bractes. Pedicles a little longer 
than the bractes, bent upwards. Calyx 5-cleft, of 
a dark brown colour, upper segment widest, erect, 
the others lanceolate, acute, reflexed or revolute. Nec- 
tariferous tube about the length of the calyx, flattened 
on each side and swollen at the base, of a dark brown 
colour. Petals 5, the 2 upper ones roundly obovate, 
of a bright rose colour, with a dark spot in the centre 
which joins some slightly branched purple lines from 
the base, and underneath the spot is a white mark ; 
