PELARGONIUM chrysanthemifolium 
Chrysanthemum- leaved Stork* s-bill. 
P. chrysanthemifolium, umbellis multifloris, foliis cor- 
datis pinnatifido-subseptemlobatis : sinubus rotun- 
datis crenatis, stipulis oblato-cordatis subdentatis 
acutis, petalis inferis ligulatis, calycibus reflexis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce longiori. 
Stem sbrubby, much branched; branches thickly 
clothed with soft villous hairs. Leaves cordate, pin- 
natifid or deeply 7-lobed, crenate and clothed on both 
sides with short soft hairs ; segments bluntly rounded, 
more 01? less lobed, seldom entire. Petioles flattened 
on the upper side and convex on the lower, dilated at 
the base, thickly clothed with soft white unequal vil- 
lous hairs. Stipules cordate, wider than long-, gene- 
rally toothed and ciliate, ending abruptly in an acute 
point. Peduncles cylindrical, villous, as are the calyx 
and nectariferous tube. Umbels from 6 to 8 flowered. 
Involucre of 6 or 8 widely lanceolate concave bractes, 
which soon decay. Pedicles unequal in length, scarcely 
as long as the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments widely 
lanceolate, bluntish, the upper one erect, the others 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube a little longer than the 
calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous at the base. 
Petals 5, of a bright scarlet, 2 uppermost obovate, 
oblique at the base, with a dark velvetty spot in the 
centre, and below that are several dark lines which 
are slightly branched; lower petals widely ligulate, 
marked in the centre with an obscure spot. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers, which were 
all imperfect in our specimens. Style of a pale colour, 
very hairy. Stigmas 5, reddish, reflexed. 
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