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PELARGONIUM amoenum. 
Delightful Stork' S'bill. 
P. amoenum, subcaulescens, umbella composita, foliis 
pinnatis canescentibus ; foliolis oppositis alternis- 
que ovatis obtusis simplicibus bifidisve integerrimis 
dentatisque, petalis patentibus, floribus 6'-7andris. 
Root tuberous. Stem subcaulescent, branching a 
little, very leafy and succulent. Leaves spreading in 
a radiate form, pinnate, towards the point pinnatifid 
and clothed with short white soft hairs which give 
them a hoary appearance; leaflets opposite or alter- 
nate, ovate, obtuse, simple or bifid, or on some of the 
upper leaves the lower leaflets are pinnatifid; segments 
entire, 2 or 3 lobed or toothed. Petioles a little flat- 
tened on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
thickly clothed with short close-pressed hairs. Stipules 
lanceolate, taper-pointed, and joined to the base of 
the petioles. Umbels compound, many-flowered. Sccipe 
leafy at the base of the peduncles, thickly clothed with 
soft white unequal hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, 
and nectariferous tube. Peduncles long and cylindri- 
cal. l7ivolucre of numerous unequal bractes, some 
widely others narrowly lanceolate, taper-pointed and 
ciliate. Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, 
the upper one largest, erect, the others reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube more than twice the length of the calyx, 
flattened on both sides, a little gibbous at the base. 
Petals 5, spreading, the two uppermost much the 
largest, widely spatulate, of a bright salmon colour, 
marked at the base with a few short dark lines, lower 
ones much shorter, spatulate, of a lighter colour. Fi- 
laments 10, slightly united at the base, 6 or 7 bearing 
anthers which are always perfect. Pollen yellow. Style 
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