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PELARGONIUM Baileyanum. 
Bailey^ s Stork's-bill. 
P. Baileyanum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis inferioribus 
reniformibus basi truncatis sublobatis inaequaliter 
argute dentatis villosis: superioribus basi cunea- 
tis subquinquelobis, tubo nectarifero longitudine 
calycis. 
Stem shrubby, branching. Branches thickly clothed 
with soft villous unequal hairs, as is every other part 
of the plant except the corolla. Lower leaves kidney- 
shaped, truncate at the base, scarcely lobed, unequally 
and sharply toothed, with stiff cartilaginous teeth. 
Upper leaves wedge-shaped at the base, generally 5- 
lobed. Petioles widely flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower. Stipules cor- 
dately lanceolate, acute, sometimes sharply toothed, 
others are entire. Peduncles very long, nearly cylin- 
drical. Umbels several-flowered. Involucre generally 
of 6 widely lanceolate acute bractes. Pedicles longer 
than the bractes, curved upwards. Nectariferous tube 
about the length of the calyx, widely flattened on both 
sides. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, up- 
per one erect, the others reflexed. Petals 5, the two 
upper ones ovate, of a pale blush colour, with a fine 
dark crimson spot in the centre, which joins numerous 
purple lines from the base that bmnch in all direc- 
tions; lower petals oblong, of a lighter colour. Filar- 
ments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen 
orange-coloured. Germen villous. Style red, slightly 
hairy on the lower part and smooth on the upper. 
Stigmas 5, of a darker colour, reflexed. 
