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PELARGONIUM pannifolium. 
Cloth-leaved Stork' s-hill. 
P. pannifolium^ umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordatis sub- 
lobatis insequaliter dentatis villosis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce breviori. 
Stent shrubby, upright; branches covered with soft 
villous hairs, as is every other part of the plant, except 
the corolla. Leaves cordate, slightly lobed, undulate, 
unequally toothed, acute, feeling like cloth, very soft 
to the touch; upper leaves wedge-shaped. Stipules 
cordate, acuminate, subdentate, soon withering and 
falling off. Peduncles 4-6 flowered. Involucre of six 
widely lanceolate bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, 
when in flower shorter than the nectariferous tube, but 
longer when in seed. Cali/x 6-cleft, segments unequal, 
lanceolate, acute, thickly covered with soft villous hairs. 
Nectariferous tube shorter than the calyx, flattened on 
each side, and slightly channelled. Corolla of 5 petals, 
two uppermost oblong ovate, of a blush colour, with 
two dark red stripes coming from the base, from which 
branch numerous hnes in each direction, palest at the 
upper part, above the middle is a beautiful dark purple 
spot, from which also branch lighter lines; three lower 
petals oblong-spatulate, obtuse, of a pale lilac colour. 
Filaments 10 united at the base, seven only bearing 
anthers. Pollen yellow. Sti/le red, hairy. Stigmas 
5, purple, spreading. Seeds sericeous. Arillus co- 
vered with soft villous haii*s. 
This beautiful plant is of hybrid origin, and seems 
to be intermediate between P. blandum No. 4, and P. 
magnificum of Gardeners; it was raised from seed by 
Mr. Dennis, at whose nursery our drawing was taken 
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