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PELARGONIUM Seymouri». 
Mrs. Seymour's Stork* s-bill. 
P. Sei/mouricey pedunculis paucifloris, foliis basi cu- 
neatis v. cordatis oblatis trilobis undulatis denticu- 
latis, calycibus nervosis reflexis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce longiori. 
Stem'shruhhyy branching. Branches thickly clothed 
with long white hairs. Leaves cordate or sometimes 
wedge-shaped at the base, oblate, 3-lobed, undulate, 
slightly toothed with short rounded teeth, strongly 
nerved on the lower side and furrowed on the upper, 
thickly covered on both sides with short hairs ; lower 
leaves 3 inches wide and 2 long. Petioles widely 
flattened and slightly furrowed on the upper side, and 
convex below, very hairy. Stipules cordate, acute, 
generally entire, ciliate, slightly keeled. Peduncles 
few-flowered, thickly clothed with very unequal hairs. 
Involucre generally of 6 cordate, acute bractes, which 
are fringed and nearly as long as the pedicle. Pedicles 
short but unequal in length. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
very unequal, of a reddish brown colour, upper one 
oval, with an acute point, many- nerved, erect; the 
others widely or narrowly lanceolate, acute, reflexed. 
Nectariferous tube a little longer than the segments of 
the calyx, flat and channelled on both sides, gibbous 
at the base, of a brown colour and very hairy. Petals 
5, 2 uppermost roundly obovate, of a bluish rose- 
colour, with a dark crimson spot in the centre, and 
from the base branch a few dark stripes; lower petals 
oblong, obtuse, of rather a lighter colour. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen silky. Cristas very hairy. 
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