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PELARGONIUM ardens. 
Glowing Stork's- bill. 
P. ardens, caule crasso sufFruticoso, scapo diviso villoso, 
foliis hirsiitis cordato-oblongis lobatis ternatisque; 
lobis obtusis sinuatis dentatis, tubo nectarifero basi 
attenuate calyce triplo longiori. 
Pelargonium ardens. Hort. Sub. Lond. p. 151. w. 47. 
Loddiges. Bot. Cab. 139. 
Geranium ardens. Andrews's Ger. cum icone. 
Stem sufFruticose, tbick and uneven, a little brancb- 
ed. Branches short and succulent. Leaves scarcely 2 
alike, hairy on both sides, cordate, oblong, unequally 
lobed, sometimes ternate ; lobes obtuse, sinuate or un- 
equally toothed with blunt-rounded teeth : nerves large 
and prominent, branching and very hairy. Petioles 
increasing in size towards the leaf, flattened and chan- 
nelled above and rounded below, thickly covered with 
soft villous hairs. Stipules cordate, ciliate, widely 
dilated at the base, and ending abruptly in an acute 
point. Scape divided, villous, leafy at the base of the 
peduncles. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles villous, 
cylindrical and swollen at the base. Involucre of seve- 
ral unequal bractes, joined into one at the base, some 
ovate, others lanceolate, concave, villous. Pedicles 
very short, about the length of the calyx. Cali/x 5-cleft, 
segments unequal, carinate, ciliate, upper one ovate, 
erect, concave, the others lanceolate, reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube 3 or 4 times longer than the calyx, flat- 
tened and keeled on both sides, gradually attenuated 
downwards, and covered with short stiff" hairs. Petals 
5, two uppermost widest, ovate, obtuse, of a bright 
scarlet, shaded with a darker colour: lower ones oblong, 
obtuse, of the same colour. Filaments 10, erect, united 
at the base, 6 bearing perfect anthers, and 1 imperfect 
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