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PELARGONIUM hoareseflomm. 
Hoar ea- flowered Stork' s-hilL 
hoarewflorum, subcaulescens, umbellis multifloris, 
scapo ramoso, foliis pinriatis pilosis canescentibus : 
foliolis alternis oppositisque pinnatifidis laciniatis- 
que : segmentis cuneatis inciso-dentatis, petalis in- 
feris concavis subconniventibus. 
Root tuberous. Stem subcaulescent, very leafy and 
succulent. Leaves spreading in a radiate form, pin- 
nate, and clothed on both sides with soft canescent 
hairs, which give them a hoary appearance: leaflets 
alternate or sometimes opposite, pinnatifid or laciniate, 
segments cuneate, unequally and deeply cut and very 
bluntly toothed. Petioles widely flattened on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, dilated at the base, 
thickly clothed with short villous hairs. Stipules lan- 
ceolate, acute, joined to the base of the petioles. Scape 
branching, leafy, thickly clothed with villous unequal 
hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous 
tube. Umbels many-flowered, in some above twenty 
flowers. Involucre of numerous narrowly lanceolate, 
acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles unequal, some very 
long and slender, others short and stiff. Calyx 5-cleft, 
segments lanceolate, unequal ; the upper one erect, the 
others reflexed. Nectariferous tube unequal in length, 
sometimes scarcely longer, at others nearly three times 
as long as the calyx, a little curved and flattened on 
each side. Petals 5, the two uppermost largest, widely 
spatulate, reflexed, of a bright salmon-colour inclining 
to scarlet, and marked at the base with numerous 
branched lines, lower petals rather lighter, shorter, 
and spatulate. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven 
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