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PELARGONIUM lobatum. 
Cow Parsnep- leaved Stork* s-hilL 
P. lobatum, acaule, iimbellis compositis, foliis subtus 
tomentosis simplicibus cordatis ternatis quinatisve 
lobatis sinuatis inaequaliter dentatis, calycibus re- 
flexis, tubo nectarifero subsessili calyce quintuple 
longiori. 
Pelargonium lobatum. PTilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 650. Pers. 
syn. 2. p. 228. Hort, Kew, ed. 2. v. 4. p. 165. Bot, 
mag. 1986. 
Geranium lobatum. Cav. diss. 4. p. 250. t. 114. y. 2. 
Geranium africanum noctu olens tuberosum vitis foliis 
hirsutis. Commel. Hort. 2. p. 123. t. 62. 
Root tuberous, very large, rough and uneven, and 
clothed with a hard brown imbricated scaly bark; 
branching below into numerous smaller tubers of vari- 
ous shapes and sizes. Stem none, but from the crown 
of the tuber and sometimes from the sides proceed the 
leaves and divided scapes. Leaves very large and of 
various forms, some being simple and cordate, others 
lobed or sinuate, ternate or sometimes quinate, deeply 
and very unequally toothed, green and very hairy on 
the upper side, white and densely tomentose on the lower 
surface; nerves very large, branched and thickly clothed 
with soft hairs unequal in length. Petioles nearly cy- 
lindrical, swollen at the base and apex, thickly clothed 
with soft hairs. Stipules large, cordate, acuminate, 
generally toothed. Scapes divided, and branching in 
different directions; hractes on the lower parts of the 
scape widely cordate, ending abruptly in an acute point, 
very downy and ciliate. Peduncles flat and slightly 
furrowed on one side, nearly semicylindrical, many- 
flowered, and clothed with long soft hairs. Flowers very 
fragrant at night, but without scent during the day. In- 
volucre of many bractes, joined into 3 or 4 sets at the 
