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PELARGONIUM carnescens. 
Pale red Stork's-MIL 
P. carnescens, foliis cordatis quinquelobis cartilagineo- 
dentatis utrinqne hirsutis: lobis sublobatis, stipulis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis, umbellis plurifloris, petalis su- 
peris obovatis: inferis oblongis apice rotundatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subaequali. 
Pelargonium carnescens. Swt. hort. brit. p. 79. n. 96. 
Stem frutescent, branching; branches more or less 
spreading, thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs, 
very unequal in length. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, very 
much undulate, thickly clothed with hairs on both sides, 
the lobes more or less lobed, and toothed with unequal 
rigid horny teeth. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the 
upper side, and convex on the lower, very hairy. Stipules 
ovately lanceolate, acute, sometimes toothed, hairy. Pe¬ 
duncles cylindrical, unequally hairy. Umbels several- 
flowered. Involucre of 6 ovate, acute, concave bractes. 
Pedicles hairy. Calyx 5-cleft, villosely hairy. Nectari¬ 
ferous tube about the length of the calyx, thickly clothed 
with villous hairs. Petals 5, of a pale flesh colour, the 
two upper ones broadly obovate, unequal sided, with a 
dark spot in the centre, and numerous dark lines branch¬ 
ing nearly all over the petals, below the spot is a white 
mark: lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, veined 
underneath. Filaments 10 , united at the base, 7 bearing 
anthers: pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy at 
the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, re¬ 
flexed or re volute. 
