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PELARGONIUM concolor. 
Self -coloured Stork' s-bilL 
P. concolor, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordatis quin- 
quelobis undulatis mollibus, stipulis cordatis, cau- 
libus diffiisis, tubo nectarifero calyce longiori. 
/3. major, floribus majoribus, fig. b. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches very long and 
spreading, procumbent if not supported, thickly cloth- 
ed with long shaggy hairs, as is every other part of the 
plant except the corolla. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, un- 
dulate, thickly clothed on both sides with soft villous 
hairs, very soft to the touch, feeling like cloth. Petioles 
widely flattened and furrowed on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, a little widened at the base. 
Stipules very large, cordate, acute, with recurved 
fringed margins. Peduncles cylindrical, a little bent 
upwards. Umbels 6 to 8-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 
8 unequal bractes, some ovate others widely lanceolate, 
acute, fringed. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment largest, 
erect, ovate, the others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectari- 
ferous tube longer than the calyx, flattened on each 
, side and gibbous at the base, about twice the length 
1 of the pedicle. Petals 5, of a bright red or orangey 
; scarlet, the two upper ones oblong or nearly obovate, 
I with a darker obscure spot in the centre and 2 or 3 
; slightly branched lines below it ; lower petals ligulate 
or inclining to spatulate. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers, which were sterile in all the 
specimens that we have seen. Sti/le flesh-coloured, very 
hairy. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
