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PELARGONIUM inodorum. 
Scentless Stork^ s-hill. 
P. inodorum, umbellis miiltifloris capitatis, foliis cor- 
dato-ovatis cuneatisque obsolete lobatis obtuse den- 
tatis ciliatis, caule herbaceo; ramis diffusis tereti- 
bus, tubo nectarifero calyce triplo breviori. 
Pelargonium inodorum. IViUden. hort. herol. 1. t. 34. 
enum. 2. p. 702. Pers. syn. 2. p. 229. Hort. sub. 
lond. p. 151. n. 59. 
Stem herbaceous, very much branched and spread- 
ing in all directions. Branches simple or a little 
branching, cylindrical, generally erect, of a brown 
colour, thickly clothed with soft villous hairs. Leaves 
small, generally opposite, rather wider than long, 
cordate or cuneate, ovate, slightly lobed, bluntly and 
unequally toothed, ciliate, thickly clothed on both 
sides with short villous hairs; nerves branched and 
prominent below, and furrowed above. Petioles flat- 
tened and slightly furrowed on the upper side and 
rounded below, dilated at the apex, very hairy. Stipules 
membranaceous, lanceolate, acute, often joined to each 
other at the base, villous. Peduncles axillary, cylin- 
drical, reaching far beyond the leaves, thickly clothed 
with soft hairs. Umbels many-flowered, in a close 
head. Involucre of many bractes; bi^actes unequal, 
narrowly lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, very 
hairy. Pedicles slender, very hairy, not so long as the 
calyx, but longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, seg- 
ments reflexed when in flower, upper and lower ones 
lanceolate, side ones liilear or subulate, all very hairy. 
Nectariferous tube very short, about 3 times shorter 
