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PELARGONIUM Cummingi*. 
Lady Gordon Camming's Stork’s-bill. 
P. Cummingice , foliis cordatis acutis 5-7-lobis undulatis 
cucullatis rigidis eartilagineo-dentatis utrinque hir- 
sutis, stipulis lanceolatis longe acuminatis subden- 
tatis ciliatis, umbellis plurifloris, petalis superiori- 
bus apice recurvis, tubo neetarifero calyee subse- 
quali. 
Stem erect, frutescent, thickly clothed with spread¬ 
ing unequal villous hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, 
calyx, and nectariferous tube. Leaves cordate, acute, 
straight, hollow on the upper side, 5 to 7-lobed, very 
much undulate, rigid, toothed with numerous unequal 
horny-pointed teeth, clothed with short hairs on both 
sides, the margins fringed, underneath strongly 3-nerved 
at the base, the nerves branching all over the leaf. Pe¬ 
tioles flattened, and slightly furrowed on the upper side, 
dilated a little at the base, and convex underneath. 
Stipules narrowly lanceolate, with a long taper point, 
generally toothed, villous and fringed. Umbels several- 
flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, swollen at the base. 
Involucre of several lanceolate taper-pointed villous brac- 
tes. Pedicles generally longer than the bractes. Calyx 
5-cleft; the segments lanceolate, acute; upper one broad¬ 
est, erect, keeled, the others a little reflexed at the 
points. Nectariferous tube about the length of the calyx, 
much flattened at each side and gibbous at the base! 
Corolla of 5 petals; the two upper ones broadly obovate, 
unequal sided, slightly crenulate, the points a little re¬ 
flexed, of a bright rose-colour, with a handsome dark 
brownish-purple patch in the centre, below which are 
a few dark purple stripes, a little branched: lower 
