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PELARGONIUM formosum. 
Variegated-Jlowered Stork's- bill. 
V. formosum, umbellis multifloris subpaniculatis, foliis 
rotundato-cordatis undulatis concavis rigidis sim- 
pliciter denticulatis subtus multinerviis, stipulis 
cordato-lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis inferis ob- 
ovatis. 
Pelargonium formosum. Hort. Suh, Lmd. ^.151. n. 81 . 
Geranium formosum. Andrews s geran. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, branching; branches rigid, rather 
flexuose, of a purplish colour and thickly covered with 
short soft hairs. Leaves roundly cordate, undulate, 
concave, rigid, covered on both sides with short soft 
hairs, and simply toothed with short rigid teeth. Pe- 
tioles widely flattened and channelled on the upper side 
and convex on the lower, downy. Stipules cordately 
lanceolate, taper-pointed and fringed. Peduncles grow- 
ing in panicles, many-flowered. Involucre of several 
widely lanceolate, concave, acute, fringed bractes. Pe- 
dicles longer than the nectariferous tube, villous. 
Cali/x 5-cMt, segments straight, concave, lanceolate, 
acuminate, thickly covered with soft white hairs. Pe- 
tals 5, obovate, obtuse, the two uppermost largest, of 
a reddish lilac variegated with white, and from the base 
branch numerous purple lines ; lower petals of a light 
lilac. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing an- 
thers. Germen villous. Sti/le reddish, very hairy. 
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
We suspect that this plant is a hybrid production, 
and was first raised at the Nursery of Messrs. ColvilL 
It is not easy to trace its origin, but it seems to be 
