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PELARGONIUM Obrienianum. 
Miss O'Brien's Stork's-bill. 
P. Obrienianum , caule ramoso viiloso, foliis cordato-reni- 
formibus cucullato-concavis subimdulatis cartilagineo- 
denticulatis utrinque hirtis, stipulis ovatis acutis villoso- 
ciliatis, umbellis quadrifloris, petalis omnibus obovatis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo subsequali. 
Stem frutescent, branching: branches rather short, 
spreading, thickly clothed with spreading unequal villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
kidney-shaped or cordate, broader than long, generally 
acute, concave or cucullate, slightly undulate, thickly clo¬ 
thed with short hairs on both sides, and toothed with short, 
sharp, rigid, horny teeth, that are brown at the points. 
Petioles much flattened and furrowed on the upper side, 
and convex on the lower. Stipules rather short, ovate, 
acute, villous, and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical. Invo¬ 
lucre of six broad, ovate, acute, villous bractes. Pedicles 
short, about the length of the bractes. Calyon 5-cleft, the 
segments lanceolate, taper-pointed, reflexed from about the 
middle. Nectariferous tube about the length of the ca¬ 
lyx, much flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. 
Petals 5, all obovate; the two upper ones broadest, un¬ 
equal-sided, of a beautiful blush, with a bright crimson spot 
in the centre, below which are several purple lines, mostly 
simple, but sometimes slightly branched: 3 lower ones 
white, slightly tinged with blush. Filaments 10, connected 
at the base, 7 bearing anthers, or sometimes increased to 8: 
pollen orange-coloured. Style pale purple, slightly hairy 
below, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, dark purple, the 
points reflexed or revolute. 
