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PELARGONIUM cartilagineum. 
Horny-toothed Stork's-bill. 
P. cartilagineum, foliis rotundato-cordatis trilobis undu- 
lato-plicatis rigidis cartilagineo-dentatis, stipulis cor- 
dato-ovatis ciliatis, pedunculis plurifloris, calycibus vil- 
losis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali. 
Pelargonium cartilagineum. Swt. hart. hrit. add. p.4>7\. 
n. 407. 
Stem shrubby, not much branched, thickly clothed 
with spreading villous hairs, as are the petioles, stipules, 
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves rigid, cordate, rounded, 3- 
lobed, very much undulate or plaited, and toothed with 
numerous sharp rigid horny teeth, thinly covered with hairs 
on both sides, of a dark green colour. Petioles flattened on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, thickened at the 
base. Stipules cordate, or cordately ovate, acute, and frin¬ 
ged. Peduncles cylindrical. Umbels several-flowered. In¬ 
volucre of 6 oblongly ovate, villous bractes. Pedicles un¬ 
equal in length, villous. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceo¬ 
late, taper-pointed, very unequal in size. Nectariferous 
tube broadly flattened on each side and gibbous at the 
base, about the length of the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright 
salmon colour, stained with red, the two upper ones obo- 
vate, unequal sided, with a purple patch in the centre, be¬ 
low which are several short purple lines, some of which are 
branched; lower petals oblong, rounded, very much vein¬ 
ed underneath, the veins much branched. Filaments 10, 
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style purple, naked. 
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed, or revolute. 
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