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PELARGONIUM eximium. 
Select Stork's'Ull. 
P. exlmium, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordatis rugosis 
undulatis septemlobis insequaliter dentatis basi di- 
latatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calycis 
longitudine. 
Stefn shrubby, erect; branches erect, thickly co- 
vered with soft hairs. Leaves cordate, undulate, rug- 
ged and uneven, 7-lobed, hairy on both sides, dilated 
at the base, with recurved points; lobes obtuse un- 
equally toothed with short ciliated teeth. Petioles 
thick, widely flattened and furrowed on the upper side, 
and convex on the lower, thickly clothed with soft un- 
equal hairs. Stipules widely cordate, acute, cihate, 
sometimes toothed. Peduncles very hairy, bearing 
many-flowered umbels. Involucre of several cordate 
or lanceolate acute bractes. Pedicles very short, about 
half the length of the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5- 
cleft, segments all reflexed or revolute, lanceolate, 
thickly covered with soft villous hairs. Nectariferous 
tube about the length of the calyx, flattened on both 
sides, very hairy. Petals all obovate, two. uppermost 
widest, of a pale rose colour, with a brig-ht crimson 
spot in the centre; below and across barred with 
short dark lines, and in the middle an arrow-shaped 
mark: lower petals pale rose colour. Filaments 10, 
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Anthers obtuse. 
Pollen orange-coloured. Stl/le red, very hairy. Stigmas 
5, spreading. 
This pretty plant is of hybrid origin, and seems to 
be intermediate between P. capitatum and P. augustum: 
it is a very free grower and abundant flowerer, and as 
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