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PELARGONIUM lepidum. 
Pretty Stork' s -hill. 
P. lepidum, umbellis subqaadrifloris, foliis inferioribus 
cordatis subquinquelobis undulatis inaequaliter cre- 
nato-dentatis hirsutis ; superioribus ovatis basi cu- 
neatis, stipulis cordato-ovatis acutis subdentatis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo multo breviori. 
^ Stem shrubby, much branched; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with long shaggy hairs. Leaves on the 
lower part of the stem cordate, 5-lobed, undulate, un- 
equally toothed with rigid bluntish teeth, covered on 
each side with unequal villous hairs; upper leaves 
ovate, not lobed, cuneate at the base, more sharply 
toothed. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, widened at the base, 
thickly covered with unequal villous hairs, as are the 
peduncles and calyx. Stipules short, cordately ovate, 
acute, ciliate, sometimes toothed. Peduncles long and 
slender, generally 4-floWered. Involucre of six short ovate 
bractes that are keeled and ciliate. Pedicles very un- 
equal in length, some nearly twice as long as the 
others. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, all 
reflexed when the flowers are expanded. Nectariferous 
tube nearly twice shorter than the calyx, flattened on 
each side. Petals 5, of a pale pink colour, the two 
upper ones obovate, oblique at the base, stained with 
red in the centre, from which and the base branch se- 
veral pale red lines : lower petals oblong, obtuse, of 
rather a paler colour. Filaments 10, connected at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange -coloured. 
Germen and aristce villous. Style pale pink, very 
hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
