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PELARGONIUM australe. 
New Holland Stork' s-hill. 
P. australe, umbellis multifloris capitatis, foliis cor- 
datis sublobatis obtuse crenati^ subtus villosis, 
caule sufFruticoso difFuso, foveo nectarifero brevis- 
simo obsolete. 
Pelargonium australe. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 675. Pers, 
syn. 2. p. 232. Hort. Kew, ed. 2. v. 4. p. 176. 
Geranium glomeratum. Andrews s geran. c. ic. 
Stem short, sufFruticose. Branches spreading in 
all directions, thickly covered with soft villous hairs, 
as is every other part of the plant except the corolla. 
Leaves cordate, slightly lobed, bluntly crenate with 
large unequal crenatures, very soft to the touch, and 
of a dark green colour. Petioles flattened and chan- 
nelled on the upper side, and convex below. Stipules 
ovate, bluntish, often joined at the base, soon wither- 
ing. Peduncles cylindrical, axillaiy, or opposite to 
the leaf ; often solitary, but sometimes in pairs. Um- 
bels capitate, many-flowered. Involucre of many 
bractes. Bractes unequal, ovate or lanceolate, gene- 
rally acute. Pedicles longer than the calyx. Calyx 
5-cleft, upper segment ovate, obtuse, the others lan- 
ceolate, acute. Nectariferous pit veiy shallow, scarcely 
any. Petals 5, two uppermost narrowly obovate, of a 
pale blush colour, with a dark red spot in the centre, 
which joins a few red lines that branch from the base; 
lower petals broadly ligulate, white, with a short red 
line down the middle of each. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, 7 spreading upwards and bearing anthers. 
Pollen orange-coloured. Germen and aristce very 
