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PELARGONIUM Beadoniae. 
Mrs. Beadon^s Stork^s-bill. 
P. Beadoniae, pedunculis subtrifloris, foliis cuneatis pro- 
funde trilobis crenatis piibescentibus : lobis obtusis 
intermedio elongate subtrilobo, caule ramoso, ca- 
lycibus reflexis longitudine tubi nectariferi. 
Pelargonium Beadoniae. Hoare geran, p. 26. Colv. 
; cataL ed. 2. j). 23. col. 2. 
Stem shrubby, upright, much branched; branches 
short and stiff, thickly clothed with very short unequal 
downy hairs. Leaves cuneate, deeply 3-lobed, crenate, 
obtuse, opaque, covered on both sides with very short 
hairs, prominently nerved underneath ; side lobes 
small ; middle one large, elongated, and often 3-lobed. 
Petioles scarcely as long as the leaves, slender, flat- 
tened and furrowed on the upper side and convex on 
the lower. Stipules cordately lanceolate, acute. Pe- 
duncles longer than the leaves, two to three-flowered. 
Involucre of about six unequal bractes, some ovate, 
others lanceolate, acute, keeled. Pedicles about the 
length of the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft; 
segments lanceolate, acute, reflexed, of a dark reddish 
brown colour, and thickly clothed with long villous 
hairs. Nectariferous tube about the length of the ca- 
lyx, flattened on each side and thickened at the base, 
of the same colour as the calyx. Petals 5, the two upper 
ones ovate, of a bright reddish lilac, slightly marked 
at the base with purple stripes which branch a little ; 
lower petals oblong, obtuse, bright lilac. Filaments 
10, united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Style red, very hairy at the base and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, red, spreading. 
