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PELARGONIUM denticulatum. 
Tooth-leaved Stork' s-bill. 
P. denticulatum, pedunculis paiicifloris, foliis palmato- 
bipinnatifidis viscosis margine planis dentatis sca- 
bris; segmentis linearibus repandis; venis subtus 
muricatis, petalis superioribus emarginatis bifidis- 
que, tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
Pelargonium denticulatum. Jacq. hort. schoenhr. 2. 
p. 5. t. 135. fVillden, s^p.pL 3. p. 680. Pers. syn. 
2. p. 232. Hort. Kew. ed, 2. v. 4. p. 179. 
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches spread- 
ing, clammy, of a dark green colour. Leaves pal- 
mately bipinnatifid, viscous, margins toothed, flat or 
slightly curved inwards; segments lanceolate or li- 
near, bluntish, generally toothed, nerves and petioles 
muricate underneath. Petioles slender, slightly flat- 
tened on the upper and rounded on the lower side. 
Stipules cordately lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncles 
cylindrical, swollen, and transparent at the base, 2 or 
3 flowered. Involucre of 4 to 6 very short, widely 
lanceolate, concave, keeled, acute braetes. Pedicles 
very short, scarcely longer than the braetes. Calyx 
6-cleft, segments blunt, unequal, reflexed, the upper 
one ovate, the others widely lanceolate ; margins mem- 
branaceous and fringed. Nectariferous tube about the 
length of the calyx, flattened and furrowed on each 
side, gibbous at the base, and clothed with white 
spreading hairs. Petals 5, the two uppermost deeply 
emarginate or forked, sometimes cleft about half way 
down, of a pale rose-colour or lilac, Avith a bright 
purple spot near the base of each segment, which joins 
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