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PELARGONIUM humifusum. 
Trailing Stork' s-hill. 
P. humifusum, pedunculis plurifloris, foliis cordatis 
subtripartitis quinquelobisve dentatis, cauleque te- 
reti herbaceo humifuso pubescentibus, petalis su- 
perioribus minoribus, tubo nectarifero calyce bre- 
viori. 
Pelargonium humifusum. Willden. enum. supp. 47. Jacq. 
eclog, 148. tab. 99. Hort. sub. lond. p. 151. w. 67. 
Stems herbaceous, prostrate, spreading flat on the 
ground, and branching off in all directions: very 
thick and swollen at 'the base. Branches cylindrical, 
pubescent, when in rich soil extending to a great length. 
Leaves cordate, generally 3-parted, nearly to the base, 
or deeply 5-lobed ; lower segments again 2 or 3 lobed, 
unequally toothed with blunt rounded teeth, covered 
on both sides with a white mealy pubescence. Petioles 
flattened and channelled on the upper side, and round- 
ed below ; dilated at the apex, and covered all oyer 
with short stiff hairs. Stipules short, cordate, ending 
in an acute point, fringed, and very hairy. Peduncles 
axillary, cylindrical. Umbels 4 to 6 flowered. Invo- 
lucre generally of 6 bractes, united at the base; 
bractes ovate or broadly lanceolate, concave, keeled, 
ciliate, and thickly covered with short hairs. Pedicles 
short, a little longer than the nectariferous tube. Calyx 
5-cleft ; segments unequal, some ovate, the others lan- 
ceolate, erect. Petals 5, linearly wedge-shaped, the 
2 uppermost shortest; white, each marked with 3 
bright red spots, 3 lower ones pale rose colour, with a 
red spot in the middle of each. Filaments 10, united at 
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