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PELARGONIUM calliston. 
Graceful StorJc's-bill. 
P. calliston, foliis cordatis palmatim 7-9-lobis undulatis 
utrinque hirsutis ciliatis: lobis obtusiusculis obtuse 
dentatis a pice recurvis, stipulis oblongis acuminatis, 
umbellis 3-5-floris, petalis cuneatis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce reflexo subsequali. 
Stem fruteseent, erect, branched; branches erect, thickly 
clothed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves palmately 7 to 
9-lobed, very much undulate or curled at the margins, hairy 
on both sides, roughish, strongly scented like balm : lobes 
spreading, oblong, bluntish, and toothed with short blunt 
teeth, more or less recurved at the points. Petioles slightly 
flattened on the upper side and rounded on the lower, 
swollen and dilated at the base, thickly clothed with spread¬ 
ing unequal villous hairs, as are the peduncles, bractes, 
calyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules oblong, variable 
in size, some ovate, others lanceolate, tapering to a sharp 
point, fringed, sometimes connected at the base on the 
upper part of the stem. Umbels from 3 to 5-flowered. 
Peduncles cylindrical, swollen and transparent at the base. 
Involucre of 6 unequal bractes, some ovate, others lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed, keeled, more or less connected at 
the base. Pedicles short, scarcely more than half the 
length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceo¬ 
late, acute; the upper one broadest, erect: the others all 
reflexed. Petals 5, cuneate; the two upper ones largest, 
unequal sided, reflexed from about the middle, strongly 
2-nerved at the back, the nerves much branched, of a 
bright salmon colour, tinged with a redder hue, and each 
marked with 2 purple lines, that are more or less branched, 
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