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JPELARGONIIJM obcordatum. 
Obcordate-petaled StorJcs-bill, 
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P. obcordatum, caxkle ramoso diflfuso : ramis petiolis pe- 
dunculis calycibusque villosis, foliis cordatis oblongis 
sinuato-septemlobis undulatis dentatis utrinque hirsutis: 
lobis acutis subplicatis, umbellis plurifioris, petalis su- 
peris obcordatis, tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo sub- 
sequali v. paullo longiore. 
Pelargonium obcordatum. Swt. hort. brit.p. 83. n. 339- 
Stem shrubby, branched : brandies spreading, thickly 
clothed with unequal spreading villous hairs, as are the pe¬ 
tioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, oblong, si- 
nuately 7 or more times lobed, very much undulate, rather 
bluntly toothed, roughish, hairy on both sides, more or less 
stained with brown in the centre: lobes acute, more or less 
plaited. Petioles broadly flattened on the upper side and 
convex on the lower, thickened at the base, thickly clothed 
with unequal villous hairs. Stipules broadly lanceolate, 
acute, villous and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, villous, 
several-flowered. Involucre of about 6 lanceolate, acute, 
fringed, villous bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, seldom 
longer than the bractes, villous. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
reflexed, villous, the upper one broadest, ovately lanceolate, 
3-nerved, the others broadly lanceolate. Petals 5, with 
long unguis, the two upper ones imbricate, obcordate, of a 
dark scarlet, w ith a large velvetty patch in the centre, and 
numerous dark purple lines from the base, which branch 
in all directions, underneath strongly 2-nerved: lower 
petals narrower, oblongly obovate, strongly 2-nerved, of a 
paler colour. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Style flesh-coloured, very hairy at the base, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
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