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PELARGONIUM diversilobum. 
Various-lob ed StorJds-bill. 
P. diversilobum , ramis pedunculis calycibusque villosis, 
foliis 3-7-lobis acute dentafis hirsutis, stipulis late ova- 
tis dentatis ciliatis, umbeliis 3-5-floris, petalis cuneatis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce paulo breviore. 
Stem frutescent, branching: branches spreading, thickly 
clothed with long villous white hairs, as are the petioles, 
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves variable, covered with short 
hairs on both sides, very sharply toothed, the teeth unequal 
in size, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves much bran¬ 
ched : lower leaves 7-lobed, broader than long at the base, 
nearly flat or slightly undulate; lobes large and spreading, 
the larger ones overlapping each other; middle leaves 
5-lobed, the lobes more distinct: upper ones 3-lobed, the 
middle lobe largest and obovate. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side and rounded on the lower. Stipules broadly 
ovate, toothed, villous and ciliate. Peduncles cylindrical, 
3 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 broadly ovate acute villous 
bractes. Pedicles about the length of or a little longer 
than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, 
acute, erect, the upper one largest. Nectariferous tube 
flat on each side, villous, scarcely so long as the calyx. 
Petals 5, cuneate, of a light salmon colour, the two upper 
ones double the size of the others, strongly nerved at the 
back, stained with bright red in the centre, on which is a 
dark velvet mark, below which are some short broad dark 
lines, a little branched. Filaments 10 , united at the base, 
7 bearing anthers, which are always sterile. Ovarium vil¬ 
lous. Style very hairy about half way up, the upper part 
smooth. Stigmas dark purple, revolute. 
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