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PELARGONIUM argutum. 
Sharp-toothed Stork’s-bill. 
P. argutum , foliis cordatis obsolete lobatis argute inasqua- 
liter dentatis glabriusculis, marginibus et apice recurvis, 
stipulis cordato-ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, umbellis pau- 
cifloris, petalis obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce subae- 
quali. 
Pelargonium argutum. Swt. hort. brit. addenda, p. 471. 
n, 410. 
Stem shrubby, compact, branching: branches erect or 
slightly flexuose, clothed with unequal spreading hairs, as 
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, rigid, 
slightly 5-lobed, and deeply toothed with numerous un¬ 
equal sharp rigid teeth, margins more or less undulate, and 
with the points a little recurved, of a darkish green, smooth 
and glossy, underneath strongly nerved, the nerves triter- 
nate and thinly hairy. Petioles flattened on the upper side 
and convex on the lower, widened at the base. Stipules 
broad, cordately ovate, taper-pointed and ciliate. Pedun¬ 
cles few-flowered. Involucre generally consisting of 6 brac- 
tes, which are lanceolate, acute, concave, and ciliate. Pe¬ 
dicles unequal in length, sometimes longer, and others not 
so long as the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments erect or a 
little spreading, the points slightly reflexed, lanceolate, acute, 
keeled, and ciliate. Nectarif erous tube about the length of 
the calyx, sometimes a little longer, and rarely rather shorter. 
Petals 5, all obovate, of a light salmon colour, the two up¬ 
per ones broadest, very unequal-sided, with a faint red mark 
in the centre, and several purple lines between it and the 
base, which are scarcely branched. Filaments 10, united 
