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PELARGONIUM oblatum. 
Oblate- leaved Stork* s-bili 
P. dilatatumy umbellis multifloris, foliis oblatis, ro- 
tundato-cordatis 5-7-lobis apice recurvis basi imbri- 
catis inter lobos conduplicatis ; lobis obtusissimis 
sequaliter dentatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectari- 
fero subsessili calyce sesquilongiori. 
Ste?n shrubby, growing to a great size, branching. 
Branches spreading, thickly covered with long soft 
hairs. Leaves very large, of a dark green colour, lower 
ones about 5 inches long and 6 wide, cordate, 5-7 
lobed, imbricate at the base, folded in between the 
lobes, points recurved, thickly covered on both sides 
with long soft hairs; lobes very blunt, toothed with 
short, nearly equal teeth. Petiole widened upwards, 
flattened and channelled on the upper side and convex 
underneath, very hairy. Stipules short, broadly cordate, 
generally toothed, ending in an acute point, fringed and 
very hairy. Peduncles very hairy and many-flowered. 
Involucre of several bractes ; bractes ovate, keeled, mu- 
cronate, densely villous. Pedicles very short, not half 
the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
very unequal, lanceolate, acute, villous, all reflexed 
when in bloom. Nectarif erous tube about 1§ times the 
length of the calyx, flat on both sides and thickly 
clothed with long soft hairs. Petals 5, very long, all 
obovate, 2 uppermost of a light rose colour, with a 
bright red spot in the centre, and below that it is 
marked with white, which joins 2 prominent nerves 
from the base, from which branch numerous dark 
purple stripes in different directions, lower petals of 
rather a lighter rose colour. Filaments 10, united at 
