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PELARGONIUM graphicum. 
Written-petaled Stortis-bill. 
P. graphicum, foliis reniformibus obsolete trilobis planius- 
culis acute denticulatis utrinque molliter hirsutis, stipulis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis villoso-ciliatis, umbellis pluri- 
floris, petalis venosis, tubo nectarifero calyce acuminato 
multo breviore. 
Stem frutescent, branching: branches long, thickly 
clothed with spreading villous hairs, that are very unequal 
in length. Leaves kidney-shaped, slightly 3-lobed, much 
broader than long, rounded, sharply toothed with small 
rigid teeth, that vary considerably in size, thickly clothed 
with soft hairs on both sides, that makes them very soft to the 
touch, prominently veined underneath, with many branch¬ 
ing veins, that extend out, and form the longest teeth. Pe¬ 
tioles flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
thickly clothed with spreading unequal villous hairs, as are 
the peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Stipules oblongly or 
ovately lanceolate, acute, villosely fringed. Peduncles cy¬ 
lindrical. Umbels 5 to 7-flowered. Flowers purple lilac, 
striped with dark purple. Involucre of 6 bractes, that are 
sometimes connected below; the bractes lanceolate, taper¬ 
ing to a slender point. Pedicles about the length of, or a 
little longer than the bractes. Calyoc 5 -cleft, the segments 
long, lanceolate, tapering to a point, spreading when the 
flower is expanded. Nectariferous tube much shorter 
than the calyx, but unequal in length, flattened on each 
side and gibbous at the base, pale purple. Petals 5, the 
two upper ones obovate, unequal-sided, tapering to the 
base, a little reflexed from about the middle, undulate at 
the margins, of a purple lilac, with a bright purple patch 
