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PELARGONIUM exquisitum. 
Dainty-flowered, Stork's-bill. 
P. exquisitum , caule ramoso villoso, foliis cordatis 3-5- 
lobis hirsutis planis obtusis apice recurvis: lobis 
sublobatis insequaliter rigide dentatis, stipulis cor- 
dato-ovatis acuminatis, umbellis 4-5-floris, pedicellis 
bracteis longioribus, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subsequali, stylo hirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches rather 
slender, thickly clothed with unequal spreading villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, stipules, peduncles, bractes, 
and calyx. Leaves cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, flat or scarcely 
undulate, obtuse, the points more or less reflexed, 
thickly clothed with short hairs on both sides : lobes 
sometimes slightly lobed, and toothed with numerous 
short, broadish, unequal teeth: underneath strongly 
and numerously nerved, the nerves branching all over 
the leaf. Petioles flattened on the upper side and con¬ 
vex below, widened a little at the base. Stipules cor- 
dately ovate, taper-pointed, villosely hairy. Umbels four 
to five flowered. Peduncles rather long, cylindrical. 
Involucre of 6 short, ovate, taper-pointed bractes. Pedicles 
more than twice the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; 
the segments lanceolate, taper-pointed : upper one 
broadest, erect, the others spreading, and the points 
more or less reflexed. Nectariferous tube about the 
length of the calyx, sometimes rather longer. Petals 
5, all obovate, white with a very faint tinge of blush: 
the two upper ones broadest, much tapering to the base, 
very unequal-sided, with a bright deep purple spot in 
