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PELARGONIUM cmentuin. 
Blood-red Stork* s -hill. 
P. cruenfum, acaule, umbellis compositis multifloris, 
foliis pinnatifido-laciniatis pilosis; segmentis ob- 
longo-spatulatis obtusis dentatis, petalis patentibus 
inferioribus linearibus, tubo nectarifero calyce dii- 
plo longiori. 
Pelargonium craentum. Nobis in Colv. catal. ed 2 
p. 22. col. 2. 
Root tuberous, scaly. Stem none or very sjiort. 
Leaves pinnatifid or deeply laciniate, hairy on both 
sides : segments oblong or spatulate, very obtuse, and 
toothed with very blunt rounded teeth. Petioles flat- 
tened on the upper side and convex on the lower 
widened at the base, thickly clothed with soft villous 
hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous 
tube. Stipules lanceolate, acute, villous, joined to the 
base of the petiole. Scape branching, leafy, producing 
several umbels of flowers. Umbels many-flowered. In- 
volucre of numerous lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. 
Pedicles very short, not half the length of the bractes! 
Calyx 6-c\G{t, segments lanceolate, bluntish, fringed, 
spreading. Nectariferous tube about twice the length 
of the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright crimson, shaded 
with a darker colour : upper ones three times broader 
than the lower ones, distinct at the base ; lower ones 
linear, channelled, spreading. Filaments 10, united 
into a tube, seven beaiing anthers. Germen and aristce 
villous. Style hairy at the base and smooth upwards. 
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
This elegant little plant is of hybrid origin, and 
was raised last year at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill 
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