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PELARGONIUM megaleion. 
Magnificent Stortis-bill. 
P. megaleion , foliis cordatis acutis subseptemlobis undula- 
tis glabriusculis argute dentatis rigidis, stipulis oblongo- 
ovatis acutis ciliatis, umbellis multifloris, floribus paten- 
tibus, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce sesqui- 
longiore. 
De Vere Geranium. Hortulanorum. 
Stem strong, frutescent, making a large magnificent 
bush, that makes a grand appearance when covered with 
its large many-flowered umbels of flowers. Leaves cordate, 
acute, lower ones broader than long, very much undulate, 
the upper ones narrower and more acute, generally 7-lobed, 
of a smooth glossy darkish green, the lobes at first very 
acute, but as the leaves increase in size becoming broader 
and more rounded, deeply toothed with sharp teeth, that 
are terminated with a sort of callous mucro, underneath 
strongly nerved, the nerves branched and hairy. Petioles 
broad, much flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, dilated and hollowed where joined to the leaf, thinly 
clothed with spreading hairs that are very unequal in length. 
Stipules ovate or oblongly ovate, acute, much fringed at 
the margins. Peduncles cylindrical, swollen at the base, 
hairy. Umbels 6 to 10-flowered, the flowers much spread¬ 
ing. Involucre of several lanceolate, taper-pointed, fringed 
bractes, margined with a reddish brown. Pedicles about 
the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed, hairy and fringed, all reflexed or 
revolute at the points, of a brown colour. Nectariferous 
tube about half as long again as the calyx, much flattened. 
Petals 5, large and spreading; the two upper ones largest, 
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