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PELARGONIUM scutatum. 
Shield-leaved Siork' s-bill. 
P. scutatum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis quinquelobis 
glanduloso-crenulatis pubescentibus carnosis sub- 
peltatis, ramis prostratis tomentosis angulatis, pe- 
talis patentissimis. 
Pelargonium scutatum. Nob. in Colv. CataL p. 22. 
col. 3. 
Stem shrubby, much branched ;^branches prostrate 
if not supported, spreading to a great distance in all 
directions, slightly angular and densely clothed with 
soft woolly hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and 
calyx. Leaves peltate, upper ones only slightly so, 5- 
lobed, pubescent on both sides, glandularly crenulate, 
fleshy, concave with a deep angle running up each 
lobe, of a bright green colour with a dark brown 
circle near the base. Petioles slightly flattened on the 
upper side and convex on the lower, a little swollen at 
the base and apex. Stipules widely cordate, acute, 
pubescent. Peduncles thick and rigid, bearing umbels 
of from 4 to 8 flowers. Involucre of 6 or 7 bractes ; 
hractes unequal, cordately ovate or lanceolate, bluntish. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, concave, taper- 
pointed ; upper one widely cordate, the others ovate or 
widely lanceolate. Nectariferous tube nearly sessile, 
very stout and rigid, slightly flattened and channelled 
on each side, about three times the length of the calyx. 
Petals 5, distinct, widely spreading, the two uppermost 
obcordate, white, with 2 handsome bright purple 
stripes from the base, which are slightly branched; 
lower ones widely oboyrte, attenuated at the base, 
white. Filaments 10, hairy, united at the base, 7 
