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PELARGONIUM Lawranceanum. 
Mrs. Kearsds StorJc’s-bill. 
P . Lawranceanum, caule erecto suffruticoso; ramis bre- 
vibus subcarnosis, foliis eordatis subseptemlobis undu- 
latis obtusis crenulatis tomentoso-hirsutis, stipulis lan- 
ceolatis acutis basi dilatatis, scapo diviso, umbellis mul- 
tifloris, tubo nectarifero subsessili calyce reflexo quin¬ 
tuple longiore. 
Roots tuberous, oblong, branching. Stem short, erect, 
suflrutescent, rather succulent, branched a little, and clo¬ 
thed below with a brown rugged bark : branches short, suc¬ 
culent. Leaves cordate, blunt, or slightly retuse at the 
point, generally 7-lobed, undulate, and notched at the edges 
with unequal broadish shallow notches, clothed with short 
woolly hairs on both sides, but much the thickest underneath, 
the margins thickly fringed with short crowded hairs, points 
generally more or less reflexed, as are the lobes also, under¬ 
neath strongly 3-nerved from the base, the nerves branched, 
but not so much as in most leaves of this genus: lobes 
broad and rounded, or retuse, more or less folded over each 
other. Petioles nearly cylindrical, much thickened at the 
base, thickly clothed with short hairs, and soft wool under¬ 
neath. Stipules lanceolate, acute, broad at the base, frin¬ 
ged. Scape branching, producing a few small leaves. Um¬ 
bels many-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, clothed with 
long spreading hairs, and numerous very short ones inter¬ 
mixed, that are tipped with minute glands. Involucre of 
numerous bractes of various sizes, broadly or narrowly lan¬ 
ceolate, acute, fringed. Pedicles very short, scarcely any. 
Flowers of a dark velvetty purple, edged with a lighter co¬ 
lour, cowslip scented. Calyon 5-cleft, clothed with spread¬ 
ing hairs and soft wool underneath; segments lanceolate, 
acute, all reflexed, or the points revolute. Nectariferous 
tube flattened on each side, tapering downwards, thickly 
