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PELARGONIUM striatum. 
Streak'Jloivered Stork* s-hill. 
V. striatum, umbellis capitatis subsexfloris ; foliis cor- 
datis, leviter quinquelobis dentatis, lobis mucro- 
natis. 
Davey s Fairy Queen Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
Stem shrubby, branching. Branches thickly co- 
vered with soft woolly hairs. Leaves cordate, ob- 
soletely 5-lobed, slightly pubescent on both sides, lobes 
mucronate, dentate. Petiole longer than the leaf, 
covered with soft hairs. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, 
fringed. Peduncles reaching beyond the leaves, downy. 
Umbels generally 6-flowered. Involucre of one bracte, 
divided into several segments; segments ovate, acute, 
fringed. Cah/x 5-cleft; segments lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, a little longer than the nectariferous tube. 
Nectariferous tube about the length of the pedicle. Co- 
rolla of 5 petals, the two uppermost largest, obversely 
ovate, white, with a reddish purple spot in the centre, 
from which branch numerous lines of the same colour 
in all directions; lower petals oblong, obtuse, in some 
specimens quite white, in others marked with red lines. 
Filaments 10 united at the base, 7 only bearing anthers. 
Anthers incumbent, oblong, obtuse, 2-celled, bursting 
at the front to discharge the pollen. Pollen granulate, 
orange-coloured. Germen villous. Sti/le hairy, purple. 
Stigmas 5, revolute. 
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the nursery 
of Mr. Davey, King's Road, Chelsea, who calls it the 
Fairy Queen, an appellation by which it is known in 
most collections; we suspect it to be of hybrid origin, 
but between what species it was produced we are at a 
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