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PELARGONIUM grandiflorum. 
Great-flowered Stork^ s-hill. 
P. grandiflorum, pedunculis trifloris, foliis quinque- 
lobo-palmatis glaucis dentatis ; lobis divergentibus 
acutis basi ciliato-denticulatis, petalis calyce sub- 
triplo longioribus, tubo nectarifero calyce triple 
longiori. 
Pelargonium grandiflorum. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 674. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 231 . Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 
175. 
. Geranium grandiflorum. Andrews* s reposit. \2. 
Stem shrubby, erect, smooth and shining, not much 
branched. Branches erect, glaucous, rather slender. 
Leaves smooth, glaucous; lower ones deeply 5-7 lobed; 
lobes divergent, acute, deeply toothed at the points, 
and slightly denticulate at the base, upper leaves deeply 
3-lobed or nearly trifid. Petioles cylindrical, glaucous. 
Stipules broadly cordate, very obtuse, entire. Pe- 
duncles generally 3-flowered. Involucre of 5 lanceolate 
acute bractes. Pedicles cylindrical, about half the 
length of the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, seg- 
ments narrowly lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Nectari- 
ferous tube about 3 times the length of the calyx, 
slightly hairy. Petals 5, nearly 3 times longer than 
the calyx, 2 uppermost obovate, white, marked with 
red branching lines at the base, lower ones broadly 
spatulate, white. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 
only bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Ger- 
men and aristce sericeous. Style white, hairy at the 
base, and smooth above. Sf'^mas 5, reflexed. 
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