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PELARGONIUM anomalum. 
Anomalous Stork’s-bill. 
P. anomalum , caule fruticoso carnoso rugoso subflexuoso, 
foliis subcordatis ovatis subquinquelobis inciso-serratis 
pubescentibus, stipulis membranaceis acuminatis basi 
dilatatis subpersistentibus, pedunculis longissimis vil- 
loso-hirsutis multifloris, calycibus reflexis, petalis ob- 
longo-ligiilatis. 
Pelargonium anomalum. Swt. hort. brit. p. 78. n. 68. 
Root tuberous, branching. Stem fruticose, succulent, 
clothed with a hard tough grey glossy bark, more or less 
flexuose; rugged, which is occasioned by a swelled protu¬ 
berance where the leaves are fallen and by the subpersist- 
ent stipules. Leaves ovate, generally a little cordate at the 
base, scarcely acute, more or less deeply 5-lobed, unequally 
and deeply cut and toothed, the teeth sharp and rigid, un¬ 
derneath densely pubescent, the upper side more slightly 
so and of a glossy light green colour. Petioles long and 
rather slender, nearly cylindrical, much swollen at the base, 
very thickly clothed with short pubescent hairs, and a few 
longer ones intermixed. Stipules brown, at first membra¬ 
naceous, afterwards hardening and remaining persistent for 
a long time, broad at the base and terminating in a long 
slender point* fringed with unequal hairs. Flower-stem 
very long, not much branched, thickly clothed with a soft 
pubescence and longer hairs intermixed. Peduncles very 
long, much swollen at the base, cylindrical, and thickly 
covered with unequal hairs and short soft down underneath. 
Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of numerous linear 
taper-pointed fringed bractes. Pedicles slender, very un¬ 
equal in length, but much longer thaq the bractes. Calyx 
5-cleft, segments oblong or lanceolate, hairy, all reflexed. 
