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PELARGONIUM Faiiliese. 
Mrs. Fair lie's Stork' s-hill 
P. Fairliece, umbellis plurifloris, foliis reniformibus 
trilobis undulalis dentatis, stipulis lanceolatis acu- 
minatis subdentatis, calycibus reflexis^ tubo necta- 
refem longitudine calycis. 
Pelargonium Fairlieee. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p. 22. col. 3. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched; branches 
slender, erect, of a purplish colour, thickly clothed 
with short white unequal spreading- hairs, as are the 
petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves small, reni- 
form, deeply 3-lobed, undulate, unequally toothed, 
underneath much veined, fragrant ; lobes broadly cu- 
neate, spreading. Petioles slender, flattened and fur- 
rowed on the upper side and convex on the lower, a 
little thickened at the base. Stipules small^ lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, sometimes toothed and ciliate, reflexed. 
Peduncles cylindrical, sevefal-flowered. Pedicles about 
the length of the nectariferous tube, slightly hairy. 
Cali/x 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, taper-pointed, re- 
flexed. Nectariferous tube about the length of the 
calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous at the base. 
Petals 5, of a pale rosy lilac ; the two upper ones ob- 
ovate, oblique at the base, with a white spot in the 
centre, and a purple one above it, and from the base 
are two purple lines which are slightly branched; 
lower ones oblong, obtuse. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-co- 
loured. Germen and q^ristce villous. Sti/le red, slightly 
hairy at the base and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, 
purple, reflexed. 
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