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PELARGONIUM pectinifoliiim. 
Scallop -shell leaved Slork' s-bill. 
P. pectinifolium, umbellis 3-4 florisve, foliis reniformi- 
bus trilobis plicatis glabris obtusis; marginibus 
crispato-denticulatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nec- 
tarifero calycis longitudine. 
Pelargonium pectinifolium. Nob. in Colv. Catal. p. 22. 
col. 1. 
Stem shrubby, smooth, and shining, much branch- 
ed. Branches purple on the lower part, and green 
above, smooth and shining, slightly hairy. Leaves 
smooth, kidney-shaped, 3-lobed, plicate, very obtuse, 
with numerous furrows on the upper side, and promi- 
nent nerves below, margin curled, shallowly toothed; 
lowet^ leaves 3§ inches broad and 2 inches long; upper 
ones much smaller, but of the same proportion. 
Petioles very long and slender, flattened on the upper 
side, and compressed below, slightly hairy. Stipules 
widely ovate, acute, hairy, sometimes toothed, mar- 
gins recurved. Peduncles short, 3 to 4 flowered. In- 
volucr-e of several unequal bractes, some ovate, others 
lanceolate, acute, slightly hairy, margins undulate. 
Calt/x 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, undulate, 
reflexed or revolute, hairy. Nectariferous tube about 
the length of the calyx, slightly hairy and flattened on 
both sides. Pedicles very short, about half the length 
of the calyx. Corolla of 5 petals, two uppermost obo- 
vate, undulate, of a pale lilac colour, elegantly marked 
with purple stripes, which branch in different direc- 
tions ; lower petals ligulate, very much undulate, of a 
paler lilac or blush colour. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, 7 only bearing anthers. Pollen orange- 
