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PELARGONIUM ornatum. 
Ornate Stork's-hilL 
P. ornatum, pedunculis 3-4 florisve, foliis basi cuneato- 
cordatis trilobis undulatis inaequaliter dentatis hir- 
satis, calycibus revolutis, pedicellis fructiferis de- 
clinatis, caule ramosissimo : ramis diffusis. 
Stem shrubby, very much branched. Branches 
spreading, tinged with red, thickly covered with soft 
white unequal hairs, as is every other part of the plant, 
except the corolla. Leaves small, wider than long, 
between cordate and wedge-shaped at the base, 3- 
lobed, undulate or curled at the margins, very un- 
equally toothed, strongly ribbed underneath and fur- 
rowed above, of a dark green colour. Petioles flattened 
above and convex below, much dilated towards the 
leaf. Stipules ^hovt, widely cordate, convex above and 
concave below, generally entire, and ending in an acute 
point. Peduncles 3 to 4-flowered, cylindrical, a little 
swollen at the base. Involucre of 6 bractes; hractes 
ovate or widely lanceolate, keeled, acute-pointed, 
spreading. Pedicles about the length of the nectarife- 
rous tube, erect when in flower, but declining when in 
fruit. Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal widely lan- 
ceolate, revolute when the flowers are expanded, and 
recurved when in fruit. Nectariferous tube about the 
length of the calyx, flat and keeled on one side and 
channelled on the other, gibbous at the base. Petals 
5, a little undulate, 2 uppermost obovate of a clear 
white, with a bright red spot in the centre, which joins 
2 forked lines of the same colour that are sligljtly 
branched; lower petals oblong, obtuse, clear wWte. 
Filaments 10, tinitcd at the base, 7 only bearing an- 
