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PELARGONIUM concretum. 
Compounded StorJc’s-bill. 
P. concretum , caule flexuoso ramoso; ramis villosis, fo- 
liis cordatis quinquelobis obtusis undulatis cartilagineo- 
dentatis utrinque villoso-tomentosis, stipulis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis acutis ciliatis, pedunculis subquadrifloris, pe- 
talis superioribus obovato-cuneatis, tubo nectarifero ca- 
lyce viiloso duplo longiore. 
Stem frutescent, much branched, more or less flexuose; 
branches thickly clothed with unequal, spreading, villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, calyx, and nectarife¬ 
rous tube. Leaves cordate, 5 or sometimes 7-lobed, blunt¬ 
ly rounded, very much undulate, and toothed with unequal, 
broad, bluntish teeth, that are terminated in a short, acute, 
brown, horny point, densely clothed on both sides with a 
short villous wool, that makes them very soft to the touch: 
lobes bluntly rounded, or somewhat acute while the leaves 
are young. Petioles flattened on the upper side, and con¬ 
vex below, thickened at the base. Stipules ovately lanceo¬ 
late, acute, fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, generally 4- 
flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, acute, villous, 
fringed bractes. Pedicles villous, about the length of 
the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the upper segments broadest, 
erect, broadly lanceolate, acute, keeled; the others nar¬ 
rower and shorter, and more or less reflexed at the points. 
Nectariferous tube about double the length of the calyx, 
much flattened at each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 
5, the 2 upper ones obovately cuneate, of a bright, dark, 
, fiery scarlet, marked from below with several dark branched 
lines; the 3 lower ones ligulate, slightly crenulate, of a lighter 
colour, with 2 or 3 darker veins from the base. Filaments 
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen orange- 
