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PELARGONIUM Charlwoodii. 
Mr. Charlwood’s StorJc’s-bill. 
P. Charlwoodii , foliis cordatis pinnatifido-lobatis inciso- 
dentatis undulatis utrinque pilosis canescentibus, sti- 
pulis bracteisque elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis, um¬ 
bel Its multifioris patentissimis, calycibus reflexis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce duplo longiore. 
Stem erect, rather succulent, branching: branches 
thickly clothed with spreading unequal soft villous hairs, 
as is every other part of the plant, except the corolla. 
Leaves cordate, canescent, pinnatifidly or deeply lobed, 
undulate, deeply cut or toothed, the teeth large but scarcely 
acute; lobes generally folded over each other, particularly 
in the young leaves, where they are plaited. Petioles flat¬ 
tened on the upper side, and convex on the lower, a little 
widened at the base and point. Stipules long, lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, fringed. Peduncles 6 to 10-flowered, cylin¬ 
drical. Involucre of several lanceolate, taper-pointed brac- 
tes. Pedicles about the length of or a little longer than the 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, all reflex¬ 
ed when in flower, the upper one above double the size 
of the others. Petals 5 , spreading, the two upper ones 
more than double the size of the others, unequal sized, elon- 
gately cuneate, strongly 2-nerved near the base, the nerves 
branching upwards, crimson, tinged with purple, and lined 
with several darker branching lines: lower petals ligulate, 
very slender at the base, 4-nerved at the back, of an orangy 
scarlet -.filaments 10 , united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. 
Style thinly clothed with long hairs near the base, and 
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, the points revolute. 
