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PELARGONIUM ignescens /3. sterile. 
Barren anther ed Jlame-Jlowered Stork* s-hill. 
P. ignescens, vide supr^ fol. 2. 
/3. sterile, antheris sterilibus, floribus 2-3plo minoribus, 
tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiori. Nobis supra 
fol 2. 
Pelargonium ignescens. Lod. hot. cab. n. 109. 
Pelargonium splendens. IVillden. hort. berol. 2. t. 76. 
enum. vol. 2. p. 711; monente Dom. Otto. 
Geranium ignescens. Andrews's ger, c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, much branched. Branches slen- 
derer than in the other variety, densely villous. Leaves 
smaller, trifid or deeply 3-lobed: side segments deeply 
2-lobed, intermediate one 3-lobed, all unequally cut 
and toothed, very downy. Petioles unequal in length, 
slenderer than in the other variety, flattened and 
deeply channelled on the upper side, thickly clothed 
with unequal hairs. Stipules cordate, ciliate, often 
toothed. Involucre generally of 6 lanceolately-ovate 
bractes. Pedicles about the length of the calyx. Calyx 
5-cleft, the upper segment much the largest, ovate, 
the others lanceolate, all thickly covered with soft 
hairs. Nectariferous tube flattened and channelled on 
both sides, about half as long again as the calyx. 
Petals 5, smaller than in the other variety, and less 
marked with black. Filaments 10, united at the base, 
7 bearing anthers, and these are always destitute of 
pollen. Style red, slightly hairy. Stigmas 5, revo- 
lute. 
