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PELARGONIUM villosiiui. 
T^illous Stork' s-bill. 
P. villosum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis inferioribus ob- 
latis insequaliter cartilagineo-dentatis villosis basi 
truncatis; superioribus rhomboideis, calycibus re- 
flexis, tubo nectarifero calyce breviori. 
Wood's Geranium majestum. Hortulanorum. 
Stem shrubby, branching" ; branches thickly covered 
with long villous hairs, as is every other part of the 
plant except the corolla. Leaves roundish, wider than 
long, truncate at the base, deeply and unequally 
toothed with long sharp cartilaginous teeth; upper 
ones rhomboid. Petioles widely flattened and furrowed 
on the upper side and convex on the lower, dilated at 
the apex and curved inwards. Stipules lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, often toothed or forked. Peduncles 
longer than the leaves, several-flowered. Involucre of 
6 or 7 elliptical or widely lanceolate acute bractes. 
Pedicles about the length of the bractes. C^/z/a? 5-cleft, 
segments very long, widely lanceolate, reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube flattened on each side and gibbous at the 
bcise, shorter than the calyx. Petals 5, very large, 2 
upper ones roundly ovate, rose-coloured, with a dark 
purple spot in the centre, which joins several purple 
lines from the base; lower petals widely obovate, rose- 
coloured. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Germen villous. Style red, hairy on the 
lower and smooth on the upper part. Stigmas 5, red, 
reflexed. 
This very fine plant is of hybrid origin^ and was 
raised from seed by Mr. Wood, nurseryman at Hunt- 
