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PELARGONIUM Hoareanum. 
Hoare's Fair Rosamond Stork' s-hill. 
P. Hoareanum, pedunculis solitariis 1-2-florisve, foliis 
cordato-ovatis angulatis concavis rigidis giabris; 
marginibus incurvis undulatis cartilagineo-dentatis 
ciliatis, caule ramosissimo, calycibus revolutis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce duplo longiori. 
Pelargonium Hoareanum. Noh. in Colv. Catal. p. 22. 
coL 1. 
Fair Rosamond Geranium. Hoare MSS. 
Stem shrubby, of a woody texture, and clothed with 
a rough brown cracked bark, very much branched. 
Branches rigid, flexuose, of a fine purple shining colour, 
slightly pubescent. Leaves small, of a dark green, 
cordately ovate, nearly as wide as long, concave, 
smooth, and rigid, slightly hairy ; margins curved in- 
wards, undulate, ciliate and unequally toothed with 
rigid cartilaginous teeth. Petioles longer than the 
leaves, slightly flattened on the upper side and rounded 
on the lower. Stipules ovate, acuminate, keeled, and 
ciliate. Peduncles solitary, opposite to the leaf, 
roughish, slightly angular, 1- or 2-flowered. Involucre 
of 2 or 3 ovate, obtuse, concave, keeled bractes, end- 
ing abruptly in an acute point. Pedicles scarcely as 
long as the nectariferous tube^ bent upwards. Calyx 
5-cleft, upper segment ovate, acute, keeled and re- 
curved at the point, the others lanceolate, acute, revo- 
lute. Nectariferous tube about twice the length of the 
calyx, flattened and channelled on both sides, roughish 
and slightly hairy. Petals 5, the two upper ones 
