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PELARGONIUM caryophyllaceum. 
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Clove-scented Stork’s-bill. 
P. caryophyllaceum, , caule suffruticoso squamoso, foliis 
ternatis trifidisve pulverulento-pilosis; foliolis sinuato- 
lobatis acutis inciso-dentatis, stipulis ovatis acutis, pe- 
dunculis multifloris, petalis superioribus cuneatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subsequali v. parum breviore. 
Pelargonium caryophyllaceum. Swt. hort. brit.p.77 . n. 19 . 
Colv. cabal, edit. 3.p. 27. col. 1. 
Root tuberous. Stem sufiruticose, short, branched, very 
rough and scaly, and of very irregular growth. Leaves ter- 
nate or trifid, deeply cut and toothed, clothed with a short 
mealy pubescence, and with short hairs on both sides; leaf¬ 
lets or segments undulate, acute, spreading, more or less 
crumpled, and the old leaves blistered or rugose, clove- 
scented. Petioles rather slender, nearly cylindrical, thickly 
clothed with unequal spreading white hairs, as are the pe¬ 
duncles, bractes, and calyx. Stipules ovate, acute, villous, 
and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical. Umbels many flow¬ 
ered. Involucre of from 6 to 8 ovately lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, fringed bractes. Pedicles about the length of or a 
little longer than the bractes. Calyon 5-cleft, segments lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed, spreading. Nectariferous tube about 
the length of, or scarcely so long as the calyx. Petals 5, of 
a pale lilac; the two upper ones wedge-shaped, with 2 small 
purple spots in each, a little below the centre, and a strong 
forked nerve at the back: lower petals ligulate, two-nerved 
at the back. Filaments 10 , connected at the base, 7 bear¬ 
ing anthers, which are always sterile. Style purple, thickly 
clothed all over with rigid hairs. Stigmas 5, purple, revo¬ 
lute, and fimbriate on the upper side* 
