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PELARGONIUM Jenkinsoni. 
Mr. Jenkinsons Stork's-bill. 
P. Jenkinsoni, umbellis subquadrifloris, foliis inferiori- 
bus cordatis obsolete lobatis simpliciter denticiilatis 
planis multinerviis : superioribus cuiieato - ovatis 
acutiusculis, calycibus acuminatiSj tiibo iiectarifero 
calyce parum longiori. 
John Bull Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches thickly clothed 
with long white unequal spreading hairs, as are the 
petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves rigid, on the 
lower part of the stem flat, roundly cordate, slightly 
lobed, simply and nearly equally toothed with short 
bluntish teeth, many-nerved underneath with strong- 
branching nerves, thickly clothed with short hairs on 
the upper side, and long unequal ones on the lower : 
on the upper part of the stem more deeply lobed, and 
on the flowering branches cuneate or ovate, not lobed. 
Petioles very short, much flattened and furrowed on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, widened and 
swollen at the base. Stipules short, cordate, acute, 
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, often 4-flowered. In- 
volucre of six ovate acute fringed bractes. Pedicles 
unequal in length, some twice as long as the others. 
Cali/x 5-cleft, segments very long, lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, the upper one largest, erect, the otliers re- 
fleiced. Nectariferous tube a little longer than the calyx, 
flattened and furrowed on each side. Petals 5, the two 
upper ones obovate, oblique at the base, of a pale 
blush colour, with a very large dark purple patch in 
the centre on a red ground, and from it branch a few 
short red lines ; lower petals oblong, obtuse, pale 
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