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PELARGONIUM Youngii. 
Young^s Stork' S'hill. 
P. Youngii, umbellis quadrifloris, foliis cordatis sub- 
trilobis planis ingequaliter dentatis multinerviis 
utrinque hirsutis ; margine undulatis, calycibus re- 
flexis, tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches thickly 
clothed with long spreading unequal villous hairs. 
Leaves flat, widely cordate, slightly 3-lobed, sharply 
but unequally toothed, many-nerved, very hairy on 
both sides, margins undulate. Petioles flattened and 
furrowed on the upper sid^ and convex on the lower, 
thickly covered with lon^ villous hairs, as are the pe- 
duncles and calyx. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed and 
villous. Peduncles cylindrical, generally 4-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 widely lanceolate, ^cute, concave, vil- 
lous bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, longer than 
the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments un- 
equal, lanceolate, acute ; the upper one largest, erect ; 
the others reflexed or revolute. Nectariferous tube 
about the length of the calyx, flattened on each side. 
Petals 5, the two upper ones nearly orbicular, with 
undulated margins, white, with a large velvetty spot 
in the centre on a red ground, slightly striped under- 
neath, lower petals obovate, white. Filaments 10, 
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange- 
coloured. Style pale-coloured, very hairy. Stigmas 
5, reflexed. , ^ 
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant, commu- 
nicated to us by Messrs. Charles and James Young, 
nurserymen at Epsom, who raised it from the seed of 
P. IVatsoni, the germen of which had been fertilized 
