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PELARGONIUM vestifluum. 
Clothed Stork's-bill. 
P. vestifluum , villosissimum, foliis reniformibus insequa- 
liter cartilagineo-dentatis multinerviis: superioribus 
subquinquelobis acutis, stipulis ovatis acutis, um- 
bellis subpaniculatis 4-5-fioris, calycibus reflexis, 
tubo nectarifero calyce breviore. 
Stem erect, frutescent, branching ; every part of the 
plant except the corolla covered with long spreading un¬ 
equal white woolly hairs, which gives the whole plant a 
white shaggy appearance. Leaves kidney-shaped, end¬ 
ing in rather an acute point, broader than long, soft to 
the touch, which is occasioned by the numerous soft hairs 
with which they are covered, sharply toothed with nu¬ 
merous rigid horny teeth, that are very unequal in length, 
those at the ends of the nerves longest: underneath 
strongly and numerously nerved, the nerves branching 
all over the leaves: lower ones not lobed: upper ones 
slightly 5-lobed, acute, and more sharply toothed. Pe¬ 
tioles flattened and furrowed on the upper side, and 
rounded on the lower, a little widened at the base. Sti¬ 
pules ovate, acute, generally entire, but sometimes slightly 
toothed. Umbels 4 or 5-flowered, in a sort of panicle. 
Flowers white, handsome, marked with purple. Pedun¬ 
cles cylindrical, more or less bent. Involucre of 6 to 8 
very short bractes, that are broadly ovate, or nearly 
round, often toothed, terminated in a sharp abrupt point. 
Pedicles long and slender, but unequal in length. Calyx 
5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, acute, all reflexed. 
Petals 5, pure white, the two upper ones broadest, 
oblongly obovate, unequal-sided, slightly undulate, 
marked in the centre with a rich bright purple spot that 
extends downwards, and below which it is marked 
