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PELARGONIUM versicolor. 
Various- coloured Stork^s-bill. 
P. versicolor, pedunculis plurifloris, foliis coi datis quin- 
quelobis argute duplicato-dentatis, stipulis cordatis 
acuminatis dentatis, tubo nectarifero calyce dupla 
breviori. 
Stem shrubby, branching. Branches thickly clothed 
with soft white unequal hairs. Leaves flat, cordate, 
5-lobed, doubly toothed with very sharp rigid teeth, 
hairy on each side ; nerves prominent, much branched ; 
lobes blunt, and rounded. Petioles much flattened 
and furrowed on the upper side, and rounded on the 
lower, very hairy. Stipules cordate, sharply pointed 
and toothed. Peduncles several-flowered. Involucre 
generally of 6 bractes, which are short, ovate, acu- 
minate, and keeled. Pedicles unequal in length, 
cylindrical, very hairy. Cali^jc 5-cleft, segments very 
unequal, upper one largest, lanceolately-oval and 
keeled, erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube 
about half the length of the calyx, channelled on each 
side, slightly hairy. Petals 5, the two upper ones 
widely obovate, red or deep rose colour, often lighter 
on one side, and marked with numerous purple lines 
which branch all over the petals ; lower ones obiongly- 
ovate, obtuse, of a blush colour, marked with pale 
veins. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Germen villous. 
Stt/le smooth, flesh-coloured. Stigmas 5, of the same 
colour, reflexed. 
Our drawing of this pretty plant was taken at the 
nursery of Mr. Davey, King's Road, Chelsea. It is 
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