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PELARGONIUM Biownii. 
JBroivn*s Stork' s-hill. 
P. Brownii, umbellis pluiifloris, foliis subquinquelobis 
acutis argute ineequaliter dentatis rig-idis miilti- 
neiTiis basi cuneatis, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce parum breviori. 
Brown's Miss Rosa. Hortulanorum. 
Stem shrubby, short and stiff, branching ; branches 
short, erect, thickly clothed with long spreading villous 
hairs, as is every other part of the plant except the 
corolla. Leaves rigid, acute, concave, strongly and 
numerously nerved : lower ones 5-lobed ; upper ones 
3-lobed: those near the flowers not lobed, all sharply 
toothed with rigid unequal teeth. Petioles short, 
widely flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, scarcely as long as the leaf. Stipules lanceolate^ 
acuminate, fringed. Peduncles short and stiff. Umbels 
several-flowered. Involucre of about six oblong or 
ovate, concave, keeled, acute bractes. Pedicles about 
the length of the bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments 
erect, lanceolate, pointed. Nectariferous tube scarcely 
as long as the calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous 
at the base. Petals 5, the two upper ones widely ob- 
ovate, oblique at the base, of a fine blush-colour with 
a large dark spot in the centre which stains a great 
part of the petals : lower ones narrowly obovate or ob- 
long, of a bright blush. Filaments 10, connected at 
the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. 
Style purple, slightly hairy on the lower part and quite 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
