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PELARGONIUM falgidum. 
Celandine-leaved Stork's- bill. 
P.fulgiduniy umbellis multifloris paniculatis, foliis ter- 
natis : foliolis sessilibus inciso-dentatis ; intermedio 
elongato pinnatifido, caule crasso carnoso, tubo 
nectarifero apice inflate calyce triple longiori. 
Pelargonium fulgidum. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 684. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 233. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 
180. 
Geranium fulgidum. Andrews s geran. c. ic. Cav. diss. 
4. p. 253. t. 116./. 2. Dill. elth. p. 156. t. 130. 
/. 137. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose, thick and succulent, densely 
pubescent, with very few branches. Leaves ternate, 
leaflets sessile, incised or deeply toothed, intermediate 
one elongated, pinnatifid, segments deeply cut or 
toothed, covered on both sides with a white pubes- 
cence. Petioles slightly flattened on the upper side and 
rounded on the lower, thickly clothed with short vil- 
lous hairs. Stipules broadly lanceolate, acute, ciliate, 
joined to the base of the petioles. Peduncles panicled, 
thickly covered with soft villous hairs. Umbels many- 
flowered, when in seed spreading out in a horizontal 
direction or a little declining. Involucre of 7 or 8 lan- 
ceolate, concave, keeled bractes. Pedicles very short. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments very unequal, upper one broadly 
ovate, erect, hollowed out to a kind of cup at the base, 
the others lanceolate, reflexed, all very hairy. Nectari- 
ferous tube about 3 times longer than the calyx, in- 
flated towards the upper part, deeply channelled at the 
back, and flattened on both sides, gibbous at the base, 
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