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PELARGONIUM mesralostictum. 
c_? 
Handsome large-marked Stork 1 s-bill. 
P. megalostictum, eaule erecto villoso-piloso, foliis ro- 
tundo-reniformibus undulatis multinerviis acute inae- 
qualiter dentatis utrinque pilosis mollissimis, stipulis 
ovatis acutis subdentatis ciliatis, pedunculis subquadri- 
floris, petalis patentibus, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso 
subaequali. 
Stem erect, frutescent, not much branched, thickly clo¬ 
thed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves much broader 
than long, kidney-shaped, rounded, hollow towards the 
base, very much undulate, sharply toothed with unequal 
teeth, that are tipped with a callous point, hairy on both 
sides and fringed, very soft to the touch, underneath strongly 
and numerously nerved, the nerves much branched, and 
spreading in all directions, of a dark green on the upper 
side, and paler underneath. Petioles flattened a little on 
the upper side and convex on the lower, a little widened 
at the base. Stipules ovate or oblong, acute, sometimes 
toothed, villous, and fringed. Umbels 3 or 4-flowered. 
Peduncles cylindrical, more or less bent, villosely hairy, 
as are the bractes, pedicles, and calyx. Involucre of 6 
small ovately lanceolate acute bractes, much fringed with 
long white hairs. Pedicles much longer than the bractes, 
and longer than the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, 
segments lanceolate, acute, spreading, unequal in size, the 
upper one much the largest, more or less stained with a 
purplish brown. Nectariferous tube about the length of 
or a little longer than the calyx, flattened and slightly 
keeled on both sides, gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
spreading, of a rich dark purple, the two upper ones 
broadest, obovate, unequal-sided, narrowing to the base, 
