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PELARGONIUM obscurum. 
Darkened-petaled Stork's- bill. 
P. obscurum, umbellis subquadrifloris, foliis oblato- 
cordatis, quinquelobis insequaliter dentatis pilosis- 
simis: superioribus trilobis, stipulis oblatis renifor- 
mibus, petalis superioribus obcordatis, tubo necta- 
rifero calyce parum breviori. 
Pelargonium maculatum, obscurum. Hoare Gerani- 
aceoe, p.H. 
Stem shrubby, much branched. Branches i\\\cV\y 
covered with long unequal villous hairs, as is every 
other part of the plant except the corolla. Leaves 
oblately cordate, concave, lower ones 5-lobed, upper 
ones deeply 3-lobed, unequally toothed with bluntish 
rigid teeth, fringed, nerves numerous, much branched. 
Petioles short, much flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower. Stipules kidney- 
shaped, wider than long, with ciliated margins. Pe- 
duncles short, generally 4-flowered. Involucre of six 
widely ovate, blunt, keeled, ciliate bractes. Pedicles 
very short, not so long as the nectariferous tube. 
Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment ovate, obtuse, erect, the 
others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube scarcely 
shorter than the calyx, widely flattened and furrowed 
on each side. Petals 5, the two uppermost obcordate, 
white, stained with red ; in the centre is a large dark 
velvetty spot, which covers the greater part of the 
petal, and from the base branch a few purple stripes ; 
lower petals oblong, blunt, white, often tinged with 
red near the centre. Filaments 10, united at the base, 
7 bearing anthers. Germen villous. Style very hairy, 
of a pale colour. Stigmas 5, pale red, reflexed. 
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