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PEL ARGON lUM ramulosum. 
Small'hranched StorF s-hill. 
P. ramulosum, pedunculis bifloris, foliis cordatis cu ^ 
neatisque subtrilobis dentatis, caule ramosissimo ; 
ramis debilibus patentibus, calycibus reflexis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce parum longiori. 
Stem shrubby, erect, very much branched ; branches 
very slender, spreading, thickly clothed with white 
spreading unequal hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, 
and calyx. Leaves small, some cordate others cuneate, 
generally 3-lobed, unequally and sharply toothed, hairy 
on both sides. Petioles slender, flattened on the upper 
side and convex on the lower. Stipules small, lanceo- 
late, acute, dilated at the base, fringed. Peduncles 
long and slender, cylindrical, generally 2-flowered. 
Involucre of from four to six small unequal fringed 
bractes, some ovate, others lanceolate, acute. Pedicles 
about the length of the nectariferous tube, villous. 
Calyx 5-cleft; segments lanceolate, acute, reflexed. 
Nectariferous tube a little longer than the cdXyx, flat- 
tened on each side, gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the 
two upper ones ovate, white or pale blush, with a dark 
velvetty spot in the centre, stained all round with red, 
and from it branch a few lines in various directions ; 
lower petals spatulate or broadly ligulate, slightly un- 
dulate, white tinged with blush. Filaments 10, con- 
nected at the base, seven bearing anthers. Germen 
villous. Style very hairy. Stigmas 6, red, fringed 
and revolute. 
Our drawing was taken from a plant that we re- 
ceived from Mr. Smith, gardener at the Earl of Liver- 
pool's, Coombe Wood, where it was raised from seed. 
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