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PELARGONIUM lucidum. 
Glossy-leaved StorJc’s-bill. 
P. lucidum , foliis cordatis subquinquelobis bullato-rugosis 
cartilagineo-dentatis supra nitidis margine ciliato-sca- 
bris, umbellis plurifloris, petalis obovato-ovalibus, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subasquali. 
Stem frutescent, erect, branching: branches clothed 
with short horizontally spreading hairs. Leaves large, cor¬ 
date, generally slightly 5-lobed, very often deformed, ru¬ 
gose or blistered, and toothed with long horny sharp teeth, 
the margins very rough, being ciliated with hard cartilagi¬ 
nous short fringe, slightly pubescent, the upper side of a 
glossy green, underneath paler, but also glossy. Petioles 
slightly flattened on the upper side, and rounded on the 
lower, clothed with spreading unequal hairs. Stipules va¬ 
riable, ovate or lanceolate, tapering to a point, rigid, ciliate. 
P eduncles nearly cylindrical, clothed with unequal spread¬ 
ing villous hairs. Involucre of about 6 ovate acute fringed 
bractes. Umbels several-flowered. Pedicles longer than 
the bractes, thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs, as 
is the calyx and nectariferous tube. Calyon 5-cleft, seg¬ 
ments long, lanceolate, acute, the points a little reflexed. 
Petals 5, very large, the upper ones broadly obovate, un¬ 
equal sided, white tinged with blush, and a dark purple 
spot in the centre, below which are several short dark pur¬ 
ple lines, more or less branched: lower petals narrower, 
obovately oval, white, veined underneath, the veins bran¬ 
ched. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. 
Style bright purple, smooth throughout. Stigmas 5, pur¬ 
ple, revolute and fimbriate. 
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