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PELARGONIUM zingiberinum. 
Ginger-scented Stork’s-bill. 
P. zingiberinum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis confertis re- 
niformibus quinquelobis denticulatis utrinque hirsutis 
margine undulato-crispis, stipulis cordato-ovatis acutis 
ciliatis basi subobliquis, pedunculis 3-4-floris, calyci- 
bus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali. 
Stem frutescent, erect, very much branched : branches 
erect, thickly clothed with unequal spreading woolly 
hairs. Leaves numerous, very small, rather crowded, 
alternate, their scent when rubbed, resembling the roots 
of green ginger, broader than long, kidney-shaped, when 
young acute, but becoming soon obtuse, either flattened 
or rounded at the point, 5-lobed, unequally toothed 
with small sharp rigid teeth, clothed with short hairs 
on both sides, the margins more or less curled or un¬ 
dulate, and fringed with short hairs, underneath strongly 
and numerously nerved, furrowed on the upper side, the 
nerves branched all over the leaf ; largest leaf about an 
inch broad,and three-fourths of an inch long; smaller ones 
about half an inch broadband scarcely so much in length. 
Petioles about the length of, or scarcely so long as the 
leaf, flattened on the upper side and convex below, 
thickly clothed with long spreading white hairs, and 
numerous very short ones intermixed. Stipules cordately 
ovate, acute, oblique at the base, fringed. Peduncles 
cylindrical, 3 or 4-flowered, thickly clothed with un¬ 
equal, long, spreading hairs, and numerous very short 
ones besides. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, acute, fringed 
bractes. Pedicles long and slender, very hairy. Calyx 
5-cleft, hairy; segments acute, all reflexed or bent back 
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