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PELARGONIUM glabrescens. 
Smoothish-leaved Stork's-bill. 
P. glabrescens , foliis cordato-reniformibus subcucullatis 
glabriusculis insequaliter argute cartilagineo-denta- 
tis, stipulis lato-cordatis ciliatis, umbellis multi- 
floris, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo nectarifero 
calyce duplo breviore. 
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, branching: branches 
erect or but slightly spreading, thickly clothed with 
short horizontally spreading hairs, and a few longer 
ones intermixed, the short ones all tipped with minute 
glands. Leaves much broader than long, cordately re- 
niform, somewhat cucullate or hollow on the upper 
side, appearing quite smooth to the naked eye, but 
thickly clothed with short hairs when held up to the 
light, or examined by a lens; sharply and deeply 
toothed with numerous cartilaginous teeth, that are 
very unequal in size, the margins fringed with very 
short hairs; strongly nerved underneath, the nerves 
branching over the leaves, but not so numerous as in 
most others: upper leaves sharper and not so • broad, 
more hairy, and the teeth longer. Petioles flattened, 
and furrowed a little on the upper side, convex below, 
also thickly clothed with short hairs and a few longer 
ones intermixed, as is also the peduncles, pedicles, ca¬ 
lyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules broadly cordate, 
sometimes toothed, fringed with long soft hairs. Pe¬ 
duncles long, and rather slender, nearly cylindrical, a 
little thickened, and transparent at the base. Umbels 
many-flowered. Involucre of numerous broad cordately- 
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