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PELARGC^SIIUM aspeiifolium. 
Rough' leaved Stork* s- Mil. 
P. asperifolium, umbellis sabquinquefloris, foliis cor- 
datis profunde lobatis acute serratis utrinque hirtis, 
ealycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyee sesqui- 
longiori. 
Geranium asperifolium. Andrews's geran. c, ie. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches flexuose, thick- 
ly clothed with short unequal villous hairs. Leaves 
cordate, deeply lobed, roughish, hairy on both sides; 
lobes from 5 to 9, acute, sharply serrate with reddish 
brown edges. Petioles often longer than the leaf, 
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower, a 
little swollen at the base, thickly clothed with short 
unequal hairs, as are the peduncles, pedicles, and calyx. 
Stipules broadly lanceolate, acute, widened at the base, 
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, 4 or 5-flowered. In- 
volucre of 6 short, ovate, fringed, imbricate bractes, 
which terminate abruptly in a sharp point. Pedicles 
about the length or a little longer than the nectarife- 
rous tube. Cali/jc 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, 
the upper one widest, erect, the others reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube about half as long again as the calyx, 
flattened and fm*rowed on each side. Petals 5, the 
two upper ones roundly obovate with long ungues, of ^ 
a pale rose-colour, marked at the base with purplish 
lines that are slightly branched : lower petals oblong 
or narrowly obovate, obtuse, of rather a lighter colour. 
Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bearing an- 
thers. Pollen orange-coloured. Style red, hairy on 
the lower part and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed. 
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