PELARGONIUM solubile. 
Dissolvible- coloured Stork' s- bill. 
P. soluhile, umbellis subsexfloris paniculatis, foliis or- 
biculato-reniformibus subcucullatis rigidis sublo- 
batis dentatis, tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis. 
Duchess of Gloucester's Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
Stem shrubby, with few branches ; hranches rather 
succulent, stiff, flexuose, covered with soft downy 
hairs. Leaves of a round kidney shape, some lobed, 
others not, generally concave, unequally toothed with 
blunt rigid teeth, which are terminated with a sort of 
callous mucro, rather glossy above, but covered on 
both sides with soft hairs ; the upper leaves which ac- 
company the flowers are wedge-shaped, entire at the 
base, and rigidly toothed at the apex; nerves promi- 
nent. Petioles very thick, flattened on the upper side, 
and a little compressed on the lower, thickly covered 
with soft hairs. Stipules broadly cordate, acumi- 
nate, downy, and ciliate. Umbels growing in pa- 
nicles, spreading in every direction ; peduncles 4 to 6 
flowered. Involucre of several unequal bractes, of a 
round oval shape, obtuse, ending in a sharp point, 
downy, and ciliate. Pedicles unequal in length, shorter 
than the nectariferous tube, downy. Calyx 5-cleft; 
segments unequal, the back one widest, ovate, erect, 
the others narrower, lanceolate and reflexed, all ending 
in a sharp point. Nectariferous tube about the length 
of the calyx, a little flattened on each side and covered 
with soft hairs. Corolla of 5 petals, the 2 uppermost 
widest, of a roundish oval, obtuse, dark rose coloured, 
with a dark spot in the centre, under which are 2 white 
lines, from which branch various red and dark lines in 
