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PELARGONIUM rubescens. 
The Countess of LiverpooVs Stork's- bill. 
P. rubescens, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordatis quin- 
quelobis undulatis ineequaliter profundeque dentatis 
moUibus, stipulis ovatis acuminatis dentatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyee parum longiori. 
Pelargonium rubescens. JenMnson MSS. 
Stem shrubby, tall, erect, of a purplish colour, not 
much branched. Branches spreading, of a purplish tint, 
very hairy, as is every other part of the plant except 
the corolla. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, undulate, deeply 
but unequally toothed, with sharp brown cartilaginous 
teeth. Petioles longer than the leaf, flattened and 
slightly channelled on the upper side, and rounded be- 
low. Stipules ovate, sharply acuminate, often forked, 
dentate. Peduncles generally 4-5 flowered. Involucre 
of 6 or 7 lanceolate acute bractes, all covered with soft 
hairs. Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous 
tube, villous. Calyx 5-cleft, villous, segments very 
unequal, lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube a 
little longer than the calyx, flattened on both sides, 
much thicker than the pedicle. Petals 5, two upper- 
most broadly ovate, of a bright reddish colour, ap- 
proaching to scarlet, with a white mark in the centre, 
barred with dark purple stripes, which branch in va- 
rious directions; lower petals oblong of a lighter colour, 
with a darker shade down the middle of each. Fila- 
ments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen and aristce densely villous. 
Style red, hairy on the lower part, and smpoth above. 
Stigmas 5, purple and revolute. 
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