ISO 
PELARGONIUM Watsoni. 
fFatson's Stork's- bill. 
P. Watsoni, umbellis plurifloris paniculatis, foliis cor- 
datis rotundatis sublobatis deiitato-crenatis margine 
undulatis, stipulis cordatis acutis subdentatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce reflexo subaequali. 
Pelargonium Watsoni. Link, mum. plant, hort. her. 
V. 2. p. 192. 
Pelargonium serotinum. Colv. catal. p. 22. col. I. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched; branches 
erect, rigid, thickly clothed with unequal spreading 
hairs. Leaves wider than long, roundly cordate; 
slightly 5-lobed, unequally toothed with numerous 
short sharp teeth, covered on both sides with short 
hairs, very soft to the touch, margins much waved. 
Petioles about the length of the leaf, widely flattened 
and furrowed on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, thickly covered with unequal spreading hairs, 
as are the peduncles and calyx. Stipules very short, 
cordate, acute, sometimes toothed, fringed. Peduncles 
panicled, 4 to 6 flowered. Involucre of 6 widely lan- 
ceolate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles unequal in 
length, seldom as long as the calyx. Cali/x 5-cleft, 
segments unequal, lanceolate, acute, reflexed or revo- 
lute. Nectariferous tube about the length of the calyx, 
much flattened and furrowed on each side, of a brown 
colour like the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright lilac, the 
two upper ones nearly round, very oblique at the base, 
reflexed from about the middle, and marked with a 
dark purple spot in the centre, below which are several 
purple lines that are slightly branched : lower petals 
