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PELARGONIUM mixtum. 
Mixed Stork's- bill. 
P. mixtum, pedunculis 2-4-floris, foliis subdistichis 
cordatis profunde quinquelobis undulato-plicatis 
rigidis dentatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce sublongiori. 
Pelargonium mixtum. Noh. in Colv. Cat. p. 22. col. 2. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching. Branches slen- 
der, erect, thickly clothed with unequal hairs. Leaves 
of an agreeable scent, nearly distichous, cordate, deeply 
5-lobed, undulate or plaited, rigid, sharply and un- 
equally toothed, thickly covered on both sides with 
short hairs; lower lobes generally 2-lobed. Petioles 
unequal in length, gradually shortening towards the 
end of the shoots, flat and slightly furrowed on the 
upper side and convex below, thickly clothed with 
short hairs. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, margins 
reflexed, ciliate. Peduncles 2 to 4-flowered, thickly 
clothed with unequal hairs. Involucre of 4 or 6 bractes ; 
hractes lanceolate or linear, fringed and very acute. 
Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous tube. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments reflexed, lanceolate, acute, 
fringed. Nectariferous tube scarcely longer than the 
calyx, flattened and slightly furrowed on both sides, 
thickly covered with short hairs. Petals 5, two upper- 
most obovate, of a pale blush colour, with a faint red 
speck in the centre and 2 others near the base, which 
joins 2 pale lines from the base, that are slightly 
branched; lower petals narrowly ligulate, of a pale 
blush or nearly white. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers. Germen and aristce hairy, 
