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PELARGONIUM blandum. 
JBlush-Jlowered Stork' s-hill. 
P. blandum, pediinculis pliirifloris, foliis cordatis leviter 
qiiinquelobis dentatis pubescentibus, floralibus ova- 
tis, tubo nectarifero calyce pariim longiori. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching, thickly covered 
with soft white hairs of unequal length. Leaves cor- 
date, 5-lobed on the lower part of the stem, slightly 
lobed on the upper part, floral ones ovate, not lobed, 
unequally dentate, rigid, covered on both sides with a 
fine soft down. Petiole longer than the leaf, very hairy. 
Stipules ovate, taper-pointed, subdentate, ciliate, thickly 
covered with soft hairs. Peduncles longer than the 
leaves, hairy, from 4 to 6-flowered. Involucre of 6 
bractes, ovate, acute. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments un- 
equal, erect, lanceolate, acuminate, densely covered 
with soft hairs. Nectariferous tube a little longer than 
the calyx, hairy, and flattened on both sides. Corolla 
of 5 petals, the two uppermost widely obversely ovate, 
of a hght blush colour, with a dark red 2-lobed spot in 
the centre, from which branch various lines of the same 
colour, 3 lower petals broadly spatulate, obtuse, of a 
whitish blush. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 
only bearing anthers. Anthers incumbent, 2-celled, 
bursting at the front to discharge the pollen, which 
is granular and orange-coloured. Germen villous. 
Style red, very hairy. Stigmas 5, purple and revo- 
lute. 
We suspect this beautiful plant to be of hybrid ori- 
gin, perhaps it has been produced between P. acerifo- 
lium and P. speciosum; it comes nearer to the 
former than to any other species with which we are ac- 
quainted, but differs materially in its mode of inflo- 
