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PELARGONIUM acutilobum. 
Sharp-lohed Stork' s-bilL 
P. acutilobum^ pedunculis paucifloris, foliis planis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis serratis glabris : inferioribus acute 
lobatis, superioribus lanceolatis, stipulis lanceolatis 
acuminatis, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo longiori. 
Stem shrubby, branching ; branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with short white hairs, as are the pe- 
tioles, peduncles, calyx, and the nerves of the leaves. 
Leaves flat, cuneate at the base, oblongly lanceolate, 
acute, serrate, glossy : lower ones more or less lobed ; 
lobes sharp-pointed, serrated, the middle one much the 
longest, but not so pointed : upper leaves lanceolate, 
sharply serrated. Petioles flattened and furrowed on 
the upper side and convex on the lower. Stipules lan- 
ceolate, taper-pointed. Peduncles few-flowered. /»- 
volucre of four or five linearly lanceolate taper-pointed 
bractes. Pedicles about the length of the bractes. 
Cali/x 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, the upper one largest, erect, the others re- 
flexed. Nectaryferous tube about double the length of 
the calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous at the 
base, thickly clothed with short hairs. Petals 5, un- 
guiculate, the two upper ones obovate, oblique, white 
or pale blush, with a large dark obovate patch in the 
centre and a few lines branching from it : lower ones 
spatulately ligulate, white or pale blush. Filaments 10, 
united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Sti/le very hairy about half way up, 
the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nur- 
sery of Messrs. Allen and Co. of the Union Nursery, 
