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PELARGONIUM s^peflorens. 
Fiequent-Jlowering Stork' s-bill. 
P. scepeflorens, umbel lis multifloris, foliis cordatis levi- 
ter qiiinquelobis crenatis planis subtus tomentosis, 
stipulis subulatis persistentibus, caule crasso flexu-r 
oso, tubo nectarifero subsessili calyce quadruple 
longiori . 
Pelargonium ssepeflorens. Supra fol. 48. 
Geranium echinatum; scepeflorens. Andrews's geran. 
c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, of a brown colour. Branches flex- 
uose, succulent, downy, of a brown shining colour. 
Leaves flat, cordate, slightly 5-lobed, bluntly notched, 
densely tomentose on the lower side and pubescent on 
the upper. Petioles flattened on the upper side and 
convex below, thickly clothed with short white hairs. 
Stipules persistent, subulate, but wider at the base, 
rigid, of a brown colour. Peduncles many-flowered, 
covered with short unequal hairs. Involucre of several 
lanceolate, concave, keeled bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, 
segments lanceolate, upper one erect, the others 
smaller, and reflexed or revolute, all thickly clothed 
with long soft hairs. Nectariferous tube nearly sessile, 
slightly flattened on both sides, and covered with short 
hairs; about 4 times the length of the calyx. Petals 
5, the two upper ones obcordate, of a bright rose- 
colour, with a hght spot in the centre, and below it are 
two dark marks ; lower petals cuneate of a light rose- 
colour, with an obscure mark from the base to the 
centre of each. Filaments 10, united at the base, 6 
only bearing anthers, and at the back is a flattened mu- 
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