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PELARGONIUM bryoniafolium. 
Bryony-leaved Stork’s-bill. 
P. bryonicefolium , foliis cordatis quinquelobis inciso-den- 
tatis ciliatis pubescentibus, stipulis cordato-ovatis sub- 
dentatis villosis ciliatis, pedunculis 3-5-floris, pedicellis 
longis patentibus, petalis obovatis calyce duplo longi- 
oribus, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiore. 
Stem shrabby, erect, branching: branches spreading, 
thickly clothed with spreading, unequal white hairs. Leaves 
cordate, 5-lobed, hollow near the base, unequally and deeply 
cut, and toothed with long sharp rigid teeth, slightly hairy 
on both sides, fringed. Petioles slender, slightly flattened 
on the upper side, and rounded on the lower, clothed with. 
unequal spreading white hairs, as are the peduncles, pedi¬ 
cles, and calyx. Stipules broad, cordately ovate, tapering 
to a sharp point, villous, and ciliate, sometimes toothed. 
Peduncles long and slender, cylindrical, 3 to 5-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, acute, concave, fringed 
bractes. Pedicles longer than the nectariferous tube. Calyx 
5-cleft, upper segment broadly lanceolate, acute, keeled, 
erect, the others narrowly lanceolate, acute, reflexed. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube about half as long again as the caly x, much 
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
spreading, obovate; the two upper ones broadest, oblique 
near the base, of a pale flesh colour, with a dark purple 
spot in the centre, tinged with red, below that and the 
base, are numerous purple lines, which are slightly branched; 
at the back strongly 2-nerved, the nerves a little branched: 
lower petals narrower, pale blush, 4-nerved at the back. 
Filaments 10 , united at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen 
orange-col oured. Style purple, slightly hairy at the base, 
