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PELARGONIUM papilionaceuni. 
Butterfly Stork* s-hill. 
P. papilionaceum, umbellis multifloris paniculatis, foliis 
subrotundo-cordatis angulatis, petalis binis supe- 
rioribus obovatis duplo calyce longioribus, tribus 
inferioribus linearibiis calyce duplo brevioribus. 
Pelargonium papilionaceum. Willden. sp.pl. 3. p. 671. 
Persoon syn. 2. p. 231. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. 
p. 174. Cavan. diss. 4. p. 244. t, 112./. 1. Dill, 
elth.p. 124. t. 128./. 155. 
Geranium africanum arborescens, malvae folio mucro- 
nato, petalis florum inferioribus vix conspicuis. 
Marty n dec. 15. 
Stem shrubby, erect branching; branches termi- 
nated with large panicles of flowers. Leaves roundly 
cordate, shallowly and bluntly crenate; lower ones 
angulate or slightly 5-lobed ; upper ones nearly round 
or slightly angular; all of a dark green colour, rugose, 
and blistered on the upper side, and covered on both 
sides with short stiff hairs. Petioles flattened and 
channelled on the upper side, and rounded below, 
thickly covered with soft hairs. Stipules widely cor- 
date, sometimes toothed, fringed, and taper-pointed. 
Umbels several-flowered, growing in large panicles. 
Pedu?icles and calyx very hairy. Calyx of 5 unequal, 
lanceolate, acute segments. Nectariferous tube very 
short and blunt, more than 3 times shorter than the 
calyx. Petals 5, 2 upper ones obovate, twice as long 
as the calyx, of a rose colour, lightest at the outsides, 
with a dark spot in the centre, which joins 2 lines 
that proceed from the base; lower petals linear, not 
