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PELARGONIUM Naimii. 
Nairn’s Stork’s-bill. 
P. Naimii , foliis cordatis quinquelobis undulatis argute 
dentatis pilosis ciliatis, stipulis acuminatis, umbellis plu- 
rifloris, calycibus reflexis, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subaequali. 
Pelargonium Nairnii. Dennis Mss. 
An upright strong-growing frutescent plant: branches 
erect, thickly clothed with unequal spreading hairs. Leaves 
cordate, slightly 5-lobed, very much undulate, and deeply 
toothed with sharp rigid teeth, hairy on both sides, the mar¬ 
gins ciliate, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves much 
branched. Petioles flat on the upper side and convex on 
the lower, thickly clothed with spreading hairs. Stipules 
lanceolate, broad at the base, taper-pointed, sometimes 
toothed, villous, and fringed. Umbels 5 to 7-flowered. Pe¬ 
duncles long, erect, cylindrical, thickly clothed with un¬ 
equal spreading hairs, as are the pedicles, calyx, and nec¬ 
tariferous tube. Involucre of 6 or 7 ovately lanceolate, 
acute, concave, keeled bractes, fringed with long spreading 
hairs. Pedicles long and spreading. Calyx 5-cleft, the la¬ 
tinise lanceolate, acute, keeled at the back, the upper one 
broadest, erect, the others reflexed or revolute, becoming 
again erect after the expansion of the flower. Petals 5, all 
obovate, spreading, the two upper ones very broad, some¬ 
what rugose, lilac, tinged with red, with a large dark vel- 
vetty patch in the centre, stained underneath with bright 
red, below which are numerous black lines, branching in all 
directions: lower petals about half the breadth of the up¬ 
per ones, lilac, tinged with red, strongly nerved with 4 or 5 
nerves from the base of a darker colour, branching towards 
