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PELARGONIUM heterotrichum. 
Unequal haired Stork"s-bilL 
P. heterotrichum , undique inaequaliter piloso, foliis cor- 
datis acutis undulato-subquinquelobis inaequaliter carti- 
lagineo-dentatis, stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, 
pedunculis plurifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso c 
duplo breviore. 
Pelargonium heterotrichum. Swt. hort. hrit. p. 84. n. 387. 
Stem shrubby, erect, branching, thickly clothed with 
unequal spreading white hairs, as is every other part of the 
plant except the corolla. Leaves cordate, acute, slightly 
5-lobed, undulate, strongly and rigidly toothed with very 
unequal cartilaginous teeth, strongly nerved underneath, 
the nerves branched. Petioles stout, much flattened on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, widened at the 
base. Stipules oblongly lanceolate, dilated at the base, 
taper-pointed, sometimes toothed, fringed. Peduncles 
stout, cylindrical, several-flowered. Bractes 6 or 7, broadly 
ovate or cordate, imbricate or lapping over each other, 
acute, concave, slightly keeled, villous and fringed. Pedi¬ 
cles about double the length of the bractes, bent towards 
the flowers. Calyx 5-cleft, segments ovately lanceolate, 
acute, more or less tinged with brown, upper segment erect, 
the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube very short, scarcely 
half as long as the calyx, very much flattened on each side 
and gibbous at the base. Petals 5 , the two upper ones 
obovate, oblique at the base, of a bright red, tinged with 
purple and orange, with several stripes from the base, that 
are more or less branched : lower ones oblong, rounded at 
the points, inclining to lilac. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers. Germen villous. Style purple, 
quite smooth. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
