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PELARGONIUM cortuseefolium. 
Cortusa- leaved Stork* s-bill. 
P. cortuseefolium, umbellis multifloris, petalis obcorda- 
tis, foliis cordatis inciso-lobatis undulatis obtuse 
dentatis, stipulis subulatis, caule carnoso. 
Pelargonium cortiissefolium. Willd. sp. pi. 3, p. 672. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 231. Hort. Kew. ed, 2. p. 175. 
VHer. ger. t. 25. 
Geranium cortuseefolium. Andrews's reposit, 121. 
Stem shrubby, succulent, very rough, with per- 
sistent stipules; branches short, succulent, crowned 
with leaves at the top. Leaves cordate, lobed, and 
imdulate, covered with a white silky down, lobes un- 
equally toothed. Petiole longer than the leaf, swollen 
at the base, thickened at the upper part, downy. 
Stipules subulate, the upper part withering and falling 
off, the lower part persistent. Peduncles reaching be- 
yond the leaves, bearing umbels of many flowers. In- 
volucre of from 7 to 9 ovate bractes, covered with soft 
villous down. Pedicles unequal in length, villous. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments ovate, reflexed. Nectariferous 
tube about 4 times the length of the calyx, flattened on 
both sides, thickly covered with soft villous hairs. Co- 
rolla of 5 obcordate petals, the 2 uppermost largest, 
white, marked with 6 or 7 small red specks, 3 lower 
petals of a pinkish blush colour, each marked with 2 
faint red spots. Filaments 10, united at the base, 6 
only bearing anthers in the specimens we have ex- 
amined, but in L'Heritier's figure there are 7: perhaps 
it varies from 6 to 7. Pollen of a pale yellow colour. 
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