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PELARGONIUM divergens. 
Spreading-petaled Stork's-bill. 
P. diver gens, foliis cordatis acutis 5-7-lobis acutis argute 
inaequaliter dentatis undulatis glabriusculis: lobis 
subrecurvis, stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis, umbellis 
plurifloris, petalis patentibus : inferioribus spatulato- 
obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce acuminato multo 
breviore. 
Stem fratescent, branching, thickly clothed with 
spreading unequal hairs. Leaves cordate, acute, 5 to 
7-lobed, undulate, unequally and deeply toothed with 
sharp rigid teeth, hairy on both sides, but glossy; the 
lobes more or less recurved: upper ones not so much 
cordate at the base, deeper lobed, and the teeth longer. 
Petioles flattened, and furrowed on the upper side, and 
convex on the lower, hairy. Stipules lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, hairy, and fringed. Umbels several-flowered. 
Peduncles nearly cylindrical, hairy. Involucre of 6 ovate, 
or broadly lanceolate, acute, hairy bractes. Pedicles 
much longer than the bractes, thickly clothed with un¬ 
equal hairs. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments very long, lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed, much longer than the nectarife¬ 
rous tube. Petals 5, much spreading; the 2 upper ones 
broadest, obovate, of a purple lilac, with a large dark 
velvetty patch in the centre, and numerous dark lines 
from thence to the base, that are more or less branched 
over the petals; lower petals narrower, very much 
spreading, spatulately obovate, narrowing to the base, 
of a lighter colour. Stamens 10, connected at the base, 
7 only bearing anthers: pollen orange-coloured. Style 
dark purple, hairy at the base, and smooth upwards. 
