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PELARGONIUM obtusilobum. 
JBlunt-lobed Stork' s-hill. 
P, obtusilobum, pedunculis paucifloris, foliis profunde 
trilobis: lobis rotundato-obtusis insequaliter acute 
dentatis, venis subtus calycibusque scabriusculis, 
stipulis cordatis dentatis. 
Pelargonium obtusilobum. Willd. enum. 2. p. 711. 
Hort. sub. lond. p. 152. n. 154. 
Pelargonium tricuspidatum ; rubrum. Hortulanorum, 
non verb V Heritieri. 
Stem shrubby, branching, seldom exceeding 18 
inches in height ; branches short, thickly clothed with 
leaves, slightly downy. Leaves deeply 3-lobed: lobes 
wedge-shaped, obtuse; side ones divaricate, unequally 
and acutely toothed; middle one slightly 3-lobed, 
broadly wedge-shaped, acutely toothed : nerves covered 
underneath with little rough tubercles and rigid hairs: 
floral leaves slightly 3-lobed. Petioles unequal in 
length, rather short and thick, slightly pubescent, a 
little flattened on the upper side. Stipules cordate, 
taper-pointed, generally toothed, slightly ciliate. Pe- 
duncles 2-5 flowered, shghtly pubescent. Involuci^e of 
3-6 bractes, ovate or broadly lanceolate, acute, ciliate. 
Pedicles very short. Calyx of 5 unequal segments, 
covered with little rough tubercles; back segment 
erect, ovate, acute : the others broadly lanceolate, re- 
flexed. Nectariferous tube much flattened, channelled 
on both sides, slightly curved, about twice the length 
of the calyx. Petals 5, the two uppermost roundly 
obcordate of a dark rose colour, in the middle of each 
are two dark con^uent spots, and underneath two 
