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PELARGONIUM omnium. 
Rival Stork' s-bill. 
P. cemulum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordato-renifor- 
mibus sublobatis denticulatis concaviusculis, stipulis 
lanceolatis acutis, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce reflexo parum breviori. 
Pelargonium aemulum. Noh. in Colv. catal. p. 22. 
coL 1. 
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches thickly 
clothed with unequal spreading hairs, as are the pe- 
tioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves between cordate 
and reniform, about as wide as long, slightly concave, 
obsoletely lobed, and toothed with very short sharp 
teeth, hairy on both sides. Petioles scarcely as long- 
as the leaf, much flattened and furrowed on the upper 
side and convex on the lower, widened and swollen at 
the base. Stipules lanceolate, acute, ciliate, entire. 
Peduncles short and thick, bent upwards, from 4 to 7 
flowered. Involucre of from 6 to 10 widely lanceolate, 
acute, concave, keeled bractes. Pedicles longer than 
the nectariferous tube, about the length of the calyx. 
Cali/x 5-cleft, segments widely lanceolate, acute, all 
reflexed when the flowers are expanded. Nectariferous 
tube SL little shorter than the calyx, widely flattened 
and furrowed on each side. Petals 5, the two upper- 
most widely obovate, oblique at the base, of a bright 
purple colour, marked in the middle with blackish 
purple lines, which branch in all directions and are 
lightest on the outsides ; lower petals oblongly ob- 
ovate, of a lighter colour. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. 
