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PELARGONIUM affluens. 
Numerous-flowered Stork's- bill. 
P. affluens, umbellis plurifloris subpaniculatis, foliis 
cordatis trilobis dentatis hirsiitis ; lobis divaricatis 
obtusis apice recur vis, stipulis cordatis acutis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce parum longiori. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches slender, 
spreading, thickly clothed with unequal spreading 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
small, cordate, deeply 3-lobed, and toothed with small 
unequal teeth, points recurved, hairy on both sides: 
lobes blunt, spreading, the middle one much the 
"largest, often slightly 3-lobed. Petioles about the 
length of the leaves, flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side and convex on the lower, a little widened 
at the base and point. Stipules cordate or ovate, 
taper-pointed and fringed. Peduncles numerous, cy- 
lindrical, 4 or 5-flowered. Involucre of six short, 
ovate, acute, ciliate bractes. Pedicles long and slen- 
der, generally more or less bent. Cali/x 5-cleft, seg- 
ments unequal, lanceolate, acute, spreading. Necta- 
riferous tube scarcely longer than the calyx, much 
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Pe- 
tals 5, the two upper ones nearly round, with a slender 
unguis, of a bright lilac, tinged with red, with a dark 
purple mark in the centre, and numerous purple lines 
branching in all directions ; lower petals ligulate, of a 
pale lilac. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven 
bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Germen 
villous. Style very hairy at the base and smooth up- 
wards. Stigmas 5, revolute. 
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