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PELARGONIUM tyrianthinum. 
Royal purple Stork' s -hill. 
P. tyrianthinum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis plains cor- 
datis quinquelobis denticulatis villosis mollibus 
subtus multinerviis, stipulis obliquis acutis subden- 
tatis, petalis supei-ioribus rotundatis reflexis, tubo 
nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
More's Princess of Denmark Geranium. Hortulanamm, 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with long spreading villous hairs, as 
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves flat, 
cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, and toothed with small 
pointed teeth ; villous, very soft to the touch, feeling 
like cloth : nerves numerous underneath, branching in 
all directions. Petioles flattened on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, dilated at the base. Stipules 
ovate, oblique, taper-pointed and fringed. Peduncles 
numerous, several- flowered. Involucre of six or seven 
short, ovate, acute, fringed bractes, keeled underneath. 
Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous tube. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, some ovate, others 
lanceolate, acute, of a brownish purple colour, upper 
one erect, the others reflexed. Petals 5, of a bright 
rosy purple ; upper ones nearly round, a little waved, 
and marked near the base with a few short, branched, 
dark lines ; lower petals oblong or obovate, slightly 
waved. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bear- 
ing anthers, red, smooth, and shining. Stigmas 
5, reflexed. 
This pretty abundant flowering plant is of hybrid 
origin, and was raised from seed by Mr. More, of the 
