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PELARGONIUM aurantiacum. 
Orange-coloured Stork' s-bilL a. et /3. 
P. avirantiacum, umbellis multifloris paniculatis, foliis 
cordatis lobatis insequaliter obtuse dentatis molli- 
bus, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acutis ciliatis, caule 
petiolis pedunculisque villosis. 
^ Pelargonium foliaceum. Hortulanorum. 
cc. undulatum, foliis undulatis subtrifidis magisque lo. 
batis. Jig. a. 
i8. planifolium, foliis planis obsolete lobatis, Jig. b. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose, not njuch branched ; branches 
rather succulent, uneven, thickly clothed with long 
villous unequal hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, 
and calyx. Leaves cordate, more or less lobed, very 
unequally and deeply toothed, thickly clothed on both 
sides with short soft villous down, strongly nerved un- , 
derneath and furrowed above. Petioles very Jong, 
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
widened at the base. Stipules ovately lanceolate or 
nearly cordate, acute, ciliate. Peduncles panicled, 
many-flowered. Involucre of several elliptically lan- 
ceolate bractes, that are fringed and slightly keeled. 
Pedicles scarcely as long as the bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, 
upper segment erect, elliptically lanceolate, keeled ; 
the others lanceolate, acute, slightly reflexed. Petals 
5, of a reddish orange-colour, the two upper ones ob- 
ovate, oblique at the base, and marked with numerous 
dark purple stripes, which branch in all directions; 
lower petals ligulate, spreading, of rather a lighter 
colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bear- 
ing anthers, which in the specimens that we have seen 
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