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PELARGONIUM Knipete. 
Mrs. Knipe’s Stork''s-bill. 
P. Knipeae , foliis cordatis obsolete lobatis denticulatis mul- 
tinerviis rugosis utrinque pilosis, umbellis plurifloris, 
calycibus reflex is, petalis superioribus venosis recurvis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce subasquali aut parum breviore* 
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches thickly 
clothed with long spreading unequal villous white hairs, as 
are the stipules, petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
large, broader than long, cordate, very slightly lobed, some¬ 
times undulate, and toothed with unequal short teeth, rug¬ 
ged, strongly and numerously nerved, the nerves branching 
all oyer the leaf, hairy on both sides, of a pale green colour. 
P etioles broad, much flattened and slightly furrowed on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, dilated, and thick¬ 
ened at the base. Stipules broadly lanceolate, acute, broad 
at the base, fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, 5 or b-flowered. 
Involucre of 6 lanceolate, acute, keeled, villous bractes. 
P edicles about the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the 
segments very long, lanceolate, taper-pointed, of a brown¬ 
ish purple. Nectariferous tube about the length of the ca¬ 
lyx, or sometimes rather shorter, much flattened on both 
sides, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5 , the two upper ones 
broadly obovate, unequal sided, lilac, with a dark patch in 
the centre, and elegantly lined all over with numerous 
branching red lines: lower petals oblong, rounded at the 
points, lilac, marked with 2 red lines from the base. Fila¬ 
ments 10 , connected at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style 
purple, hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, 
purple, the points reflexed. 
