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PELARGONIUM reniforme. 
Kidney 'leaved Stork' s-bill. 
P. reniforme, umbellis paucifloris, foliis reniformibus 
crenato-dentatis subtus tomentosis, caule flexuoso 
subcarnoso, stipulis subulatis basi dilatatis per- 
sistentibus, tubo nectarifero subsessili triplo lon- 
giori calyce. 
Pelargonium reniforme. Botan. magaz. 493. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. v. A. p.\l\. Persoons synops. 2. p. 229. 
Geranium reniforme. Andrews s reposit. 108. 
Stem shrubby. Branches rather succulent, of a 
brown colour, slightly downy, flexuose or bent betwixt 
each joint. Leaves small, of a round kidney shape, 
wider than long, unequally toothed with blunt rounded 
teeth, downy on the upper side and densely tomentose 
underneath. Petioles slender, unequal in length, flat- 
tened and furrowed on the upper side and convex be- 
low, thickly covered with short but unequal hairs. 
Stipules persistent, awl-shaped, but dilated at the base, 
at length hardening into a sort of spine. Peduncles ge- 
nerally 3 or 4 flowered, cylindrical, swollen at the 
base, and thickly covered with very short hairs. Invo- 
lucre mostly of 6 bractes; hractes oblong, bluntish, 
downy, and ciliate. Pedicles very short, scarcely any. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, obtuse, with mem- 
branaceous margins; upper segment erect, concave, 
the others smaller and reflexed, all covered with short 
hairs. Nectariferous tube flat on both sides, more than 
3 times longer than the segments of the calyx, covered 
with short rigid hairs. Petals 5, obcordate, 2 upper- 
most widest, of a dark rose-colour, with a dark purple 
spot in the centre, and underneath it are 2 forked 
lines; lower petals narrower and rather paler. Fila- 
ments 10, united at the base, 6 only bearing anthers. 
