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PELARGONIUM Rollisoni. 
Rollison’s Stork’’s-bilL 
P. Rollisoni, foliis reniformibus obsolete 3-5-lobis undu- 
latis acute dentatis multinerviis, pedunculis subquadri- 
floris, stipulis ovatis acutis, calycibus villosis, tubo nec- 
tarifero calyce subsequali aut parum breviore. 
A dwarf frutescent plant, very much branched: branches 
short and compact, thickly clothed with unequal spreading 
villous hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. 
Leaves kidney-shaped, broader than long, slightly 3 to 5- 
lobed, undulate, and toothed with numerous small sharp 
unequal teeth, thinly clothed with hairs on both sides, un¬ 
derneath strongly nerved, the nerves numerous, and branch¬ 
ed all over the leaf. Petioles flattened on the upper side 
and convex on the lower, a little widened at the base. Sti¬ 
pules ovate, acute, villous, and fringed. Peduncles cylindri¬ 
cal, generally 4-flowered. Involucre of 6 small, ovate, ta¬ 
per-pointed, keeled, villous bractes. Pedicles nearly double 
the length of the nectariferous tube, villous. Calyx purple, 
5-cleft, the segments ovate, acute, spreading, the upper one 
broadest, and keeled. Nectariferous tube about the length 
of the calyx, or sometimes scarcely as long, purple, and vil¬ 
lous. Petals 5, the two upper ones short, broad, and round¬ 
ed, the inner side appearing as if cut off from about the mid¬ 
dle, of a lilac colour, with a large velvetty patch in the 
centre, which covers the greater part of the petals, and 
striped with numerous dark lines above and below it: lower 
petals obovate, paler lilac, stained with purple about the 
middle, and striped from the base with pale red lines. Fila¬ 
ments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style 
flesh-coloured, hairy about half way up, the upper part 
smooth. Stigmas 5, short, purple, reflexed. 
