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PELARGONIUM coruscans. 
Glitterijig Stork* s- bill. 
P. coruscans, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordatis sub- 
lobatis insequaliter acute dentatis utrinque pubes- 
i centibus, petalis undulatis reflexis, tubo iiectarifero 
Myce multo breviori. 
Pelargbniiim coruscans. Hoare MSS. Colv. catal. 
ed. 2. p, 22. col. 3. 
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches short, 
slender, nearly upright or a little spreading, thickly 
clothed with very unequal spreading villous hairs, as 
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves slightly 
cordate, upper ones ovate, often shallowly lobed, par- 
ticularly the lower ones, very unequally and sharply 
toothed, pubescent on both sides, strongly nerved un- 
derneath, of a pale green colour. Petioles long and 
slender, flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, widened at the base. Stipules variable, some 
cordate, others ovate or lanceolate, entire or rarely 
toothed, fringed, some bluntish, others pointed. Pe- 
duncles long and slender, reaching far beyond the 
leaves, often bent or crooked. Umbels 3 to 5-flowered. 
Involucre of six short, lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. 
Pedicles long and slender, twice the length of the 
nectariferous tube. Calya; 5-cleft, segments long, lan- 
ceolate, taper-pointed. Nectariferous tube much shorter 
than the calyx. Petals 5, a little twisted, the two 
upper ones broadly obovate, oblique at the base, of a 
rosy lilac with a dark spot in the centre and numerous 
dark lines from the base that branch in various direc- 
tions; lower petals oblong or nearly obovate, of a 
lighter colour. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 
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