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PELARGONIUM ramigerum. 
Branching-veined Stork's-bill. 
P. ramigerum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis cordatis acutius- 
culis subtrilobis inaequaliter cartilagineo-dentatis utrin- 
qne pilosis, stipulis ovatis acutis subdentatis ciliatis, 
umbellis 3-5-floris subpaniculatis, petalis superis obo- 
vatis ramoso-venosis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali. 
Pelargonium ramigerum. Swt. hort. hr it. add. p. 471. 
n. 411. 
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched: branches spread¬ 
ing, thickly clothed with unequal villous hairs, as are the 
petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, more or 
less acute, hairy on both sides, more or less deeply 3-lobed, 
undulate, sharply toothed with unequal rigid teeth, under¬ 
neath strongly 3-nerved at the base, the nerves much 
branched. Stipules ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, vil¬ 
lous and fringed. Peduncles numerous, in a sort of pani¬ 
cle. Umbels 3 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 ovate or 
ovately lanceolate, acute, villous bractes. Pedicles une¬ 
qual in length, sometimes shorter and sometimes longer 
than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment oblongly 
ovate, erect, the others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectarife¬ 
rous tube about the length of the calyx, but variable in 
length, much flattened and keeled on each side. Petals 5, 
the two upper ones obovate, very unequal sided, of a sal¬ 
mon colour, tinged with an orangy scarlet, and marked 
with a largish velvetty patch in the centre, from which and 
from the base are numerous dark purple veins, which branch 
all over the petals, strongly two-nerved at the back, the 
nerves much branched: lower petals oblong, obtuse, of a 
bright pink or rose colour, with a short dark stripe or two 
