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PELARGONIUM rigescens. 
Stiff-leaved Stork' s-bill. 
P. rigescens, umbellis plurifloris, foliis rotundato-cor- 
datis concavis subaiigulatis simpliciter denticalatis 
glabriusculis rigidis ; junioribus zonatis, petalis in- 
feris ligulatis, tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
Pelargonium hepaticifolium, var. Hoare Geraniacece, 
p. \l. nec aliorum. 
Stem shrubby, branching; branches slightly spread- 
ing, rigid, thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs, 
as are the petioles, peduncles, and pedicles. Leaves 
roundly cordate, concave, slightly angular, simply 
toothed with short rigid unequal teeth, smoothish or 
slightly downy, rigid ; young leaves zonate or marked 
with a brown circle, which disappears in the full-grown 
ones. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, dilated at the base. 
Stipules cordately lanceolate, acute, entire with cili- 
ated margins. Peduncles bent upwards, several-flow- 
ered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate taper-pointed fringed 
bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, shorter than the 
nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, villous ; segments 
unequal, erect, lanceolate, acute. Nectariferous tube 
about the length of the calyx, flattened on each side, 
gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the two uppermost 
obliquely obovate, of a pale rose-colour, with 3 or 4 
purple lines from the base which are slightly branched, 
3 lower ones ligulate, of a lighter colour. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Germen 
villous. Style red, slightly hairy at the base and 
smooth on the upper part. Stigmas 5, red and re- 
volute. 
