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PELARGONIUM crenulatum. 
Crenulaie- leaved Stoi'k^ S'bill. 
P. crenulatum, pedunculis plurifloris, foliis inferioribus 
reniformibus obsolete crenulatis pubescentibus ; su- 
perioribus cuneatis basi integerrimis apice crenatis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce duplo breviori. 
Stem shrubby, erect, not much branched ; branches 
thickly clothed with soft downy hairs. Leaves on the 
lower part of the plant very large, reniform, very shal- 
lowly notched with blunt rounded teeth, strongly 
nerved below, pubescent on both sides ; on the flower- 
ing branches wedgeshaped, entire about half way from 
the base, and toothed at the points. Petioles widely 
flattened and furrowed on the upper side, convex on 
the lower, dilated at the base, thickly covered with 
soft villous hairs, as are the peduncles and calyx. Sti- 
pules cordate or widely ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Pe- 
duncles cylindrical, 5 or 6 flowered. Involucre of six 
bractes : bractes ovate, ending in a sharp point, fring- 
ed. Pedicles unequal in length, curved upwards. Cali/x 
5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, upper one largest, 
erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube about 
half the length of the calyx, flattened on each side and 
gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the two upper ones 
obliquely obovate of a bright purple, with a dark crim- 
son spot in the centre, which joins numerous lines 
from the base that are slightly branched, lower petals 
roundly ovate, of rather a lighter colour. Filaments 
10, united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen villous. Sti/le red, hairy 
on the lower part and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 
5, purple, reflexed. 
