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PELARGONIUM particeps. 
Participant Stork* s-bilL 
P. particeps, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordato-re- 
niformibus leviter quinquelobis undulatis insequa- 
liter obtuse dentatis subtus tomentosis, stipulis 
lanceolato-subulatis persistentibus, caule erecto 
carnoso, tubo nectarifero calyce triple longiori. 
Geranium cortusaefolium, var, cortusoides. Andrews's 
geran. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching", of a brown co- 
lour. Branches erect, or scarcely flexuose, succulent, 
slightly pubescent, with a shining bark. Leaves cor- 
date or kidney-shaped, slightly 5-Iobed, undulate, 
very unequally toothed with very blunt rounded teeth, 
hairy, but shining on the upper side, and tomentose 
underneath. Petioles nearly cylindrical, swollen at 
the base, and thickly covered with soft white unequal 
hairs. Stipules persistent, lanceolate, ending in an 
awl-shaped point, of a light brown colour. Pe- 
duncles cylindrical, thick, very hairy and many- 
flowered. Involucre of several bractes; hractes lan- 
ceolate, acute, concave, keeled, very hairy. Pedicles 
very short. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, thickly covered with long soft hairs, upper seg- 
ment erect, concave, keeled, the others flat and 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube flat, slightly furrowed on 
both sides, very hairy. Petals 5, obcordate, 2 upper 
ones widest, of a dark rose-colour, with 2 dark purple 
spots at the base of each, lower petals of the same 
colour, all faintly stained with spots and marks of a 
deeper colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 6 
only bearing anthers ; at the back is a large flattened 
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