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PELARGONIUM decorum. 
Neat-flowered Stork’s-hitt. 
P. decorum , foliis subcord atis subtrifidis rigidis argute ser- 
rulatis subtus et margine glanduloso-pilosis apice re- 
flexis: segmentis acute lobatis, stipulis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis subdentatis, umbellis 2-3-floris, petalis 
omnibus obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce subsequali. 
Pelargonium decorum. Swt. in Coin, catal. p. 22. col. 2. 
edit. 3. p. 28. col. 3. Swt. hort. hrit.p. 81. n. 2 36. 
Stem frutescent, much branched, forming a handsome 
compact bushy plant: branches a little spreading or ascend¬ 
ing, thickly clothed with short hairs; when young the hairs 
are stiff and succulent, more of the nature of glands, and 
appearing like glass or ice; the same sort of hairs are plen¬ 
tiful on the backs and margins of the leaves, and particu¬ 
larly on the nerves, also on the peduncles, pedicles, and 
calyx, which causes quite a glittering appearance. Leaves 
slightly cordate; rigid, deeply 3-lobed or trifid, acute, tooth¬ 
ed with shortish sharp teeth, the margins and underneath 
the leaves clothed with short stiff transparent glass-like 
hairs, points more or less reflexed, slightly Lemon-scented; 
lower segments generally 2-lobed: terminal one 3 to 7-lo- 
bed, the lobes short, lower ones longest. Petioles short, 
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower. Sti¬ 
pules ovately lanceolate, taper-pointed, generally entire, 
but sometimes toothed. Peduncles short, 2 or 3-fiowered, 
cylindrical. Involucre of four or five ovate or ovately lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed bractes, that are fringed with short 
rigid transparent hairs. Pedicles short, tinged with purple. 
Calyx 5-cleft, segments broadly lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
