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PELARGONIUM Colvillii. 
ColvilVs Stork* S'hill. 
P. Colvillii, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordatis undu- 
latis septemlobis cartilagineo-deiitatis rigidis, petalis 
inferis ligulatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce longiori. 
Stem shrubby, erect. Branches thickly clothed 
with long villous spreading hairs. Leaves rigid, cor- 
date, undulate, seven-lobed, unequally and deeply 
toothed, with stiff cartilaginous teeth, the middle hol- 
low and edges curved inwards, thicldy covered with 
hairs on each side. Petioles flattened and furrowed on 
the upper side, and rounded on the lower, a little 
swollen at the base and apex, thickly clothed with long 
spreading villous hairs, as are the peduncles, bractes, 
and calyx. Stipules cordately lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
sometimes toothed and ciliate. Peduncles long and 
cylindrical, 5 to 8-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 lan- 
ceolate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles longer than \ 
the bractes, but shorter than the nectariferous tube. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, acute, 
reflexed. Nectariferous tube longer than the calyx, 
flattened and furrowed on each side, a little swollen at 
the base. Petals 5, the two upper ones obovate, 
oblique, of a pale scarlet, with a large dark spot in the 
centre, and numerous dark lines from the base which 
branch in various directions; lower petals ligulate, 
rather paler. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bear- 
ing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Germen and 
aristae villous. Style red, very hairy on the lower part 
and smooth on the upper. Stigmas 5, purple, re- 
flexed. 
