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PELARGONIUM cordatum. 
Heart-leaved Stork's- bill. 
P. cordatum, umbellis multifloris paniculatis, foliis cor- 
datis acutis dentatis planis subtus incanis pubescen- 
tibus, petalis inferis subulato-linearibus acutis. 
Pelargonium cordatum. fFilld. sp. pi. ^. p. 670. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. p, 173. Pers, syn. v. 2. p. 231. 
VHerit. geran. t. 22. 
Pelargonium cordifolium. Bot. mag. 165. 
Geranium cordifolium. Cav. diss. 4. p. 240. t. Wl.f. 3. 
Stem shrubby, erect, with few branches. Branches 
erect, rigid, slightly pubescent. Leaves flat, cordate, 
acute, dentate, smooth on the upper side, underneath 
covered with a close white pubescence; nerves nu- 
merous, reticulately branched. Petiole about the 
length of the leaf, covered with a powdery pubescence. 
Stipules subulate, acuminate, recurved, tfrnbels many- 
flowered, panicled. Peduncles slightly downy. Invo- 
lucre of 6 lanceolate, acute bractes. Pedicles about 
the length of the nectariferous tube, covered with short 
downy hairs. Calyx 5-cleft, segments erect, concave, 
lanceolate, acute. Nectariferous tube a little shorter 
than the calyx, widely flattened on both sides, covered 
with soft downy hairs. Corolla of 5 petals, the two 
uppermost spatulately obovate, very narrow at the 
base; of a pale rose colour, from the base branch 
several dark red lines, with a white mark between 
them; lower petals subulately-linear, ending abruptly 
in an acute point; pale blush colour, or nearly white. 
Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 only bearing 
