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PELARGONIUM Francisii. 
Captain Francis's Stork's-bill. 
P. Francisiiy foliis reniformi-cordatis 3-5-lobis undulatis 
cartilagineo-dentatis utrinque pilosis, stipulis ovatis 
acutis subdentatis ciliatis, pedunculis plurifloris, caly- 
cibus dense villosis, petalis superis obovatis inferis ob- 
longis, tubo nectarifero calyce parum breviore. 
Pelargonium Francisii. Swt. hort. brit. add. pA7\. n. 404. 
/S'fem shrubby, branching ; branches thickly and densely 
clothed with spreading unequal white villous hairs. Leaves 
between reniform and cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, more or less 
undulate, the points a little reflexed, sharply toothed with 
rigid cartilaginous teeth, that are unequal in size, hairy on 
both sides, and ciliate, underneath strongly nerved, the 
nerves branching. Petioles ft attened on the upper side, and 
rounded on the lower, thickly clothed with spreading un¬ 
equal villous hairs, as are the peduncles, stipules, and brac¬ 
tes. Stipules broadly ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, 
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, 5 to 7-flowered. Involucre 
of 6 or 7 lanceolate acute concave bractes. Pedicles lon¬ 
ger than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, densely villous, upper 
segment ovate, acute, erect; the others lanceolate and 
spreading, all fringed. Petals 5, the two upper ones obo- 
vate, very unequal sided, of a reddish rose-colour, marked 
from the base with numerous dark lines, that are slightly 
branched, underneath strongly 2-nerved, the nerves branch¬ 
ing: lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, of rather 
a lighter colour, with a slender red line or two from the 
base, underneath 2 or 3-nerved, but not strongly so. Fila¬ 
ments 10 , united at the base, 7 bearing anthers, which have 
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