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PELARGONIUM Beaufortianum. 
Duchess of Beaufort's Stork's- bill. 
P. Beaufortianum, umbellis subquinquefloris, foliis sub- 
quinquelobis dentato-mucronatis basi truncatis : 
floralibus cuneatis, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo 
longiori. 
Pelargonium Beaufortianum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 231. 
Hart, sub. Lond. p. 152. n. 113. 
Geranium Beaufortise. Andrews s geran. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching ; branches clothed 
with short unequal pellucid hairs, as are the petioles, 
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves rigid, smoothish, more 
or less lobed, lower ones truncate at the base, 5-lobed, 
sharply and very unequally toothed, many-nerved, and 
clothed on both sides with short transparent hairs; 
upper ones cuneate, entire or rarely toothed, mucro- 
nate. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, a little widened at the 
base. Stipules cordately lanceolate, taper-pointed and 
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, a little swollen up- 
wards, 3 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 5 or 6 widely 
lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles about 
three times the length of the bractes, bent upwards. 
Cali/x 5-cleft, upper segment largest, acute, erect, the 
others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube widely 
flattened and furrowed on each side, about twice the 
length of the calyx. Petals 5, the two upper ones 
roundly obovate, oblique at the^base, of a bright lilac, 
marked with numerous red and purple lines, which 
branch in various directions ; lower petals obovate, of 
rather a lighter colour. Filaments 10, united at the 
