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PELARGONIUM eriophyllum. 
Woolly round-leaved Stork's- bill. 
P. einophyllum, umbellis plurifloris subpaniculatis, fo- 
liis rotundato-cordatis obsolete lobatis obtuse den- 
ticulatis planis subtus incanis moUibus, petalis 
inferis angusto-spatulatis, tubo nectarifero calyce 
parum longiori. 
Pelargonium cordatum (2. tomentosum. Hortulanomm. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with soft villous hairs, as is every other 
part of the plant except the corolla. Leaves flat, very 
soft, roundly cordate, scarcely lobed, toothed with 
short rounded teeth that terminate in a hard callous 
point ; upper side of a dark green, but thickly covered 
with short white hairs, which give it a blueish appear- 
ance ; underneath clothed with a close white tomentum, 
margins fringed. Petioles unequal in length, but ge- 
nerally longer than the leaf, flattened and furrowed on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, a little widen- 
ed at the base. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, whitish, 
membranaceous with fringed margins. Peduncles ge- 
nerally panicled, reaching much beyond the leaves, 
producing umbels of from 4 to 6 flowers. Involucre 
of 6 or 7 lanceolate keeled bractes. Pedicles very un- 
equal in length, some very short, others as long as the 
nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, 
the upper ones widest, erect, the others reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube about the length or a little longer than 
the calyx. Petals 5, the two uppermost obliquely 
ovate, of a lilac colour, with a dark crimson mark in 
the centre, which joins several reddish purple lines 
from the base : lower petals narrowly spatulate, of a 
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