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PELARGONIUM venustum. ' 
Comely Stork's-bill. 
P. venustum, pedunciilis subpaniculatis 3-5-florisve, 
foliis reniformibus sublobatis denticulatis utrinque 
pilosis, stipulis cordatis ciiiatis, calycibus reflexis, 
tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
' Stem shrubby, erect, not much branched ; branches 
short, thickly clothed with long white spreading hairs, 
as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous tube. 
Leaves kidney-shaped, slightly lobed and toothed with 
very small pointed teeth, much veined underneath and 
furrowed above, covered on both sides with short white 
hairs. Petioles widely flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side and convex on the lower, thickly clothed 
with long spreading hairs. Stipules cordate, acute,, 
fringed. Peduncles panicled, 3 to 5-flowered. Invo- 
lucre of from 4 to 6 ovate bluntish bractes. Pedicles 
unequal in length, a little bent upwards. Cali/x 5- 
cleft, segments reflexed or revolute, the upper one 
twice as wide as the others and ovate, the others lan- 
ceolate. Nectariferous tube about the length of the 
calyx, widely flattened on each side and gibbous at the 
base. Petals 5, the two upper ones roundly obovate, 
of a pale blush or nearly white, with a large velvetty 
spot in the centre on a red ground and a few short 
purple lines below it and branching from it : lower 
petals oblong, nearly white. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-co- 
loured. Style red, very hairy. Stigmas 5, red and 
revolute. 
This beautiful plant is a hybrid production, and 
was raised at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from a seed 
