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PELARGONIUM Gurneyanum. 
Mr, Gurney's StorPs-bill. 
P. Gurneyanum , foliis basi cuneatis 3-5-lobis grosse den- 
tatis glabriusculis, stipulis ovatis acutis, pedunculis 2-3- 
floris, calycibus glandulosis reflexis, petalis inferioribus 
angusto-ligulatis, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiore. 
Stem frutescent, branched: branches smooth and glossy, 
erect or a little spreading, thinly clothed with unequal 
spreading hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, calyx, and 
nectariferous tube. Leaves wedge-shaped at the base, a 
little undulate, of a pale green, having a sort of greasy ap¬ 
pearance, occasioned by innumerable minute dew-like dots, 
strongly 3-nerved from the base, the nerves again triply- 
nerved and branching: lower leaves slightly 5-lobed: the 
upper ones more deeply 3-lobed, all sharply and deeply 
toothed with rigid homy teeth, thinly clothed with hairs on 
both sides. Petioles flattened on the upper side and con¬ 
vex on the lower. Stipules ovate, acute, hairy, and fringed. 
Peduncles cylindrical, 2-flowered or rarely 3-flowered. In¬ 
volucre of four to six lanceolate, acute, keeled and fringed 
bractes. Pedicles about the length of, or a little longer than 
the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, glandular, the segments lanceo¬ 
late, acute, tinged with purple; the upper one broadest, 
erect, and keeled; the others reflexed at the points. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube flattened and keeled on each side, a little 
glandular or rough, tinged with purple, about half as long 
again as the calyx. Petals 5, the two upper ones narrowly 
obovate, very unequal sided, of a bright purplish red, with 
a large velvet spot in the centre, below r which are numerous 
dark lines branching nearly all over the petals: lower pe¬ 
tals narrowly ligulate, of a lighter colour, with two strong 
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