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PELARGONIUM Hillianum. 
Hills Stork's-hill 
P. Hillianum , foliis cordatis acutis sublobatis argute 
insequaliter dentatis glabriusculis, stipulis lanceo- 
lato-ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, umbellis 4-5-floris, 
pedicellis bracteis subaequalibus, tubo nectarifero 
calyce subaequali, stylo glaberrimo. 
Stem frutescent, erect, branching: branches clothed 
with spreading unequal hairs, as are the petioles, pe¬ 
duncles, and calyx. Leaves rather succulent, cordate, 
acute, very slightly lobed, deeply but unequally tooth¬ 
ed, with sharp rigid teeth, of a smoothish rather glossy 
appearance, though clothed with short hairs on both 
sides, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves termi¬ 
nating in the longest teeth. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side and convex below, a little thickened and 
widened at the base. Stipules ovate, or lanceolately 
ovate, tapering to a long slender point, generally keel¬ 
ed, sometimes toothed, very hairy and fringed. Um¬ 
bels 4 or 5-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, a little 
thickened and transparent at the base. Involucre of 6 
bractes, that are oblongly lanceolate, cuspidate at the 
points, hairy and fringed. Pedicles about the length of 
the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments long, lanceo¬ 
late, taper-pointed, keeled; the upper one rather 
largest, erect; the others spreading or more or less re¬ 
flexed. Petals 5, pure white, very large and broad : 
the two upper ones obovate, unequal sided, marked 
with a handsome large dark purple spot that is attenu¬ 
ated downwards, and from which branch some short 
