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PELARGONIUM undulsefiorum. 
Watied-flowered Stork’s-bill. 
P. unduloeflorum , caule ramoso compacto; ramis villosis 
subflexuosis, foliis cordatis obsolete quinquelobis acutis 
acute dentatis rugosis utrinque pilosis, stipulis cordato- 
ovatis acutis carinatis, pedunculis 3-5-floris, petalis 
undulatis venosis, superioribus basi excisis, tubo nec- 
tarifero calyce multo breviore. 
Stem fruticose, much branched: branches growing in 
a short compact bushy tuft, more or less flexuose, thickly 
clothed with spreading white villous hairs. Leaves cordate, 
acute, slightly 5-lobed, sharply toothed with numerous 
short, rigid teeth, rugose, hairy on both sides, strongly and 
numerously nerved underneath. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side and convex on the lower, widened at the base, 
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairSj, as are the sti¬ 
pules, peduncles, braetes, and calyx. Stipules short, cor- 
dately ovate, acute. Peduncles cylindrical, more or less 
bent, 3 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 ovately lan¬ 
ceolate, acute, fringed braetes. Pedicles unequal in length, 
generally longer than the braetes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
broadly lanceolate, acute, of a brownish purple, all re¬ 
flexed. Nectariferous tube much shorter than the calyx, 
much flattened on each side. Petals 5, all obovate, very 
much undulate, the 2 upper ones much the broadest, very 
unequal sided, the inner side as if cut away towards the 
base, of a blush colour, with a large reddish purple patch 
in the centre, and numerous lines between it and the base 
that are branched with short lines: lower ones of a lighter 
colour, three-nerved at the back, very slender towards the 
base. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers. Style all over hairy. Stigmas 5, flesh-coloured, 
reflexed or revolute. 
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