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PELARGONIUM imbricatum. 
Imbricate -petaled Stork' s -hill. 
P. imbricatum, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordatis uri- 
dulatis subtrifidis; segmentis lateralibus profunde 
bilobis: superioribus lO-lobatis apice revobitis, pe- 
talis plicatis imbricatis, bracteis oblatis. 
Pelargonium imbricatum. Nob. in-Colv. Catal. p. 21, 
col. 3. 
Geranium bicolor, var. magna. Andrews s ger. c. ic. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose, irregularly swollen at the 
joints, very hairy, brown. Branches very thick at the 
base and thickly clothed with permanent stipules, the 
upper part tinged with reddish brown, thickly covered 
with unequal hairs, and from each leaf runs a light 
wing to the next joint. Leaves nearly trifid, curled and 
plaited, hairy on both sides, the lower ones very large ; 
lower segments deeply 2-lobed, lobes unequally cut, 
and toothed with brown cartilaginous teeth; upper 
segment generally 10-lobed, unequally cut and toothed, 
revolute at the point. Petioles very unequal, flattened 
and channelled on the upper side, convex on the lower, 
thickly covered with unequal hairs. Stipules kidney- 
shaped, widpr than long, plaited and toothed. Pe- 
duncles a little angular, thickened at the base, many- 
flowered, thickly covered with stiff" unequal hairs. In- 
volucre of 6 or 7 leaflets, joined at the base; leaflets 
kidney-shaped, wider than long, undulate, plaited, 
sometimes toothed, and terminated with a short mu- 
cro. CalT/oo 5-cleft, segments unequal, elliptical or 
oval, 3-nerved, very obtuse, but terminated with a 
mucro. Nectariferous tube sessile, nearly twice the 
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