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PELARGONIUM pinguifolium. 
Greasy - leaved Stork' s-hill. 
P. pinguifolium, umbellis multifloris, foliis reniformi- 
cordatis leviter quinquelobis subcrenatis carnosis; 
lobis obtusis muticis, ramis carnosis difFusis suban- 
gulatis. 
Geranium hederinum, Jlore albo. Andrews s ger. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, much branched. Branches succulent, 
spreading in various directions, slightly angular, thickly 
clothed with leaves, downy. Leaves between kidney and 
heart shaped, slightly 5-lobed, entire or sometimes shal- 
lowly notched, a little undulate, of a fleshy substance 
and a yellowish greasy appearance, slightly pubescent. 
Petioles flattened and channelled on the upper side and 
convex below, clothed with short down. Stipules cor- 
date, acute, margins slightly recurved. Peduncles cylin- 
drical, pubescent, bearing umbels of many flowers. In- 
volucre of about 6 bractes, some cordate, others lance- 
olate, acute. Pedicles very short, scarcely any. Calyx 
5-cleft, upper segment erect, concave, slightly keeled, 
the others nari-ower, lanceolate, acute, spreading. 
Nectariferous tube about twice the length of the calyx, 
much flattened and keeled on both sides. Petals 5, 
broadly wedge-shaped, nearly equal in size, of a blush- 
colour, 2 upper ones marked with a pale red spot in the 
centre, which joins 2 lines that come from the base, 
and are slightly branched. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, 7 only bearing anthers, and these are gene- 
rally imperfect. Germen villous. Style white, slightly 
hairy on the lower part and smooth on the upper. 
Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
