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PELARGONIUM Wellsianum. 
Mr. PVells's Stork' s-hill. 
P. JVellsianum, umbellis plurifArisj foliis inferioribus 
cordatis quinquelobisi obtusis insequaliter dentatis 
planis : superioribus trilobis incisisve acutis, cfily^ 
cibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilon-: 
giori. 
Pelargonium Wellsianum. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p, 22. 
col. 2. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with long spreading villous hairs, as 
are the petioles, peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Leaves 
flat, cordate, thickly covered with hairs on both sides ; 
lower ones 5-lobed, obtuse, unequally toothed with 
bluntish teeth, strongly nerved underneath; upper ones 
sharply 3-lobed or incised, acute, deeply and sharply 
toothed. Petioles flattened on the upper side and con- 
vex on the lower, dilated at the base. Stipules cordate, 
oblique, taper-pointed. Peduncles cylindrical, points 
curved upwards. Umbels several-flowered. Involucre 
of six unequal lanceolate acute bractes. Pedicles 
short, curved upwards. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments lan- 
ceolate, acute, reflexed. Nectariferous tube about half 
as long again as the calyx, flattened on both sides. 
Petals 5, the two upper ones oblong, oblique at the 
base, of a bright orangy scarlet, tinged and edged 
with purple, with a large dark spot in the centre, 
and numerous lines from the base that branch in 
various directions ; lower petals obovate, or broadly 
spatulate, dependent, a little lighter than the upper 
ones. Stamens 10, united at the base, seven bearing 
anthers. Sti/le long, flesh-coloured, slightly hairy at 
the base and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, re- 
flexed. 
