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PELARGONIUM viscosissimum. 
Viscous Stork' s-bill. 
P. viscosissimum, umbellis capitatis multifloris, foliis 
palmatis 5-7 lobatisve viscosis; segmentis planis 
sinuatis dentatisve apice vecurvis, caule \iscosissimo, 
petalis oblongis obtusis, calycibus obtusissimis, tubo 
nectarifero subsessili calyce parum longiori. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches veiy long, 
and thickly covered with a shining viscous substance 
which sticks to the fingers like birdlime. Leaves pal- 
mately 5 or 7-lobed, clammy, segments very long, 
lanceolate, flat, sinuate and bluntly toothed, apices 
recurved; lower segments divided. Petioles nearly 
cylindrical, much swollen at the base and covered with 
short stilf pellucid hairs. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, recurved. Peduncles swollen at the 
base, thickly covered with short white hairs. Involucre 
of about 6 cordately ovate concave bractes. Cali/x 5- 
cleft, segments unequal, orbicularly obovate, concave, 
very blunt, points incurved. Nectariferous tube nearly 
sessile, flattened and furrowed on each side, gradually 
tapering downwards, a little longer than the calyx. 
Petals 5, oblong, obtuse, nearly equal, lilac or white, 
the two upper ones are each marked with- two red lines 
from the base which are slightly branched. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen villous. Style pale flesh- 
coloured, slightly hairy on the lower part and smooth 
on the upper. Stigmas 5, flesh-coloured, reflexed. 
» We have no doubt but this curious plant is a dis- 
tinct species, as we have seen a great number of them 
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