399 
PELARGONIUM anisodonton. 
Unequal-toothed Stork’ s-bilL 
P. anisodonton , foliis cordatis acutiusculis cucullatis inae- 
qualiter cartilagineo-dentatis utrinque pilosis multiner- 
viis, stipulis ovatis acutis obliquis, umbellis plurifloris, 
petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce multo 
breviore. 
Achilles Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
A strong erect frutescent plant; branches thickly clo¬ 
thed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves cordate, rigid, 
more or less acute, cucullate or hollow, rugose, numerously 
and sharply toothed with very unequal horny teeth, the lon¬ 
gest of which are generally recurved, strongly and nume¬ 
rously nerved underneath, the nerves much branched. Pe¬ 
tioles flattened and furrowed on the upper side and convex 
on the lower, clothed with long spreading hairs. Stipules 
ovate, acute, unequal-sided or oblique at the base, keeled, 
and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, thickly clothed with 
long spreading hairs. Involucre of 6 ovate, acute, villous 
bractes. Umbels 4 to 6-flowered. Calyx 5-cleft, the seg¬ 
ments lanceolate, acute, villosely hairy, the upper one 
largest. Nectariferous tube much shorter than the calyx, 
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
all obovate, of a bright lilac: the two upper ones largest, 
unequal-sided, with a large dark purple patch in the centre, 
below which is a white mark, and numerous dark purple 
lines, which branch in all directions: lower petals marked 
with faint branched lines. Filaments 10, united at the 
base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen orange-coloured. Style 
purple, hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 
5, dark purple, reflexed. 
