PELARGONIUM ignescens 
Mery -flowered Stork's-hilL 
P. {gnescens, pedimculis quadrifloris, foliis cordatis tri- 
fidis, laciniis lateralibus bilobis, intermedio trilobo 
dentato, stipulis cordatis acuminatis subdentatis. 
Pelargonium ignescens. Hort. sub. lond. pA6\.n. 48. 
Geranium ignescens, major. And. ger. cum icone. 
/3. sterilis, antheris sterilibus, floribus 2-3plo minori- 
bus, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiori. 
Pelargonium ignescens. Lod. hot. cab. no. 109. 
Geranium ignescens. And. gei\ cum icone. 
Stem shrubby, with few branches, which when 
young are succulent and easily broken, and the whole 
plant is covered with soft villous hairs. Leaves cordate, 
deeply divided into three lobes, in some of them nearly 
to the base, side lobes slightly 2-lobed, intermediate one 
3-lobed, unequally dentate, covered on both sides with 
a soft down. Petioles about the length of the leaf, 
hairy, a little flattened on the upper side. Stipules 
cordate, acuminate, ciliate, sometimes dentate. Pe- 
duncles longer than the leaves, hairy, when perfect 
always 4-flowered. Involucre generally of 6 bractes. 
Bractes lanceolately ovate, acuminate, ciliate, densely 
covered with soft villous hairs. Calyx 5-cleft, the back 
segment twice as large as the others, ovate, erect, the 
other 4 lanceolate and reflexed, all covered with soft 
hairs. Pedicle about the length of the segments of 
the calyx. Nectariferous tube more than twice the 
length of the calyx, slightly hairy, and flat on both 
^ides, (in Var. /S. much shorter, and very hairy). Co- 
rolla of 5 petals, the two uppermost ovate of a light 
