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PELARGONIUM Annesleyanum. 
Miss Ames ley* s Stork’ s-b ill. 
P. Annesleyanum, ramis petiolis pednneulis calycibus- 
que villosis, foliis cordatis 7-9-lobis inciso-dentatis 
undulatis utrinque pilosis : superioribus acutis, sti- 
pulis cordato-ovatis acuminatis, umbellis plurifloris, 
bracteis pedicellis longioribus,tubo nectarifero calyce 
longissimo dimidio breviore, stylo basi subhirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, branching : branches thickly cloth¬ 
ed with soft, spreading, villous hairs, as are the petioles, 
stipules, peduncles, bractes, pedicles, and calyx. Leaves 
cordate, 7 to 9-lobed, deeply and sharply but irregu¬ 
larly cut and toothed, the teeth horny and rigid, termi¬ 
nating in a sharp point, more or less undulate, thickly 
clothed with short hairs on both sides; underneath 
numerously nerved, the nerves much branched; lower 
leaves generally 9-lobed, the points scarcely acute, be¬ 
tween kidney-shaped and heart-shaped: upper ones 
from 7 to 5-lobed, sharp-pointed, cuneate at the base. 
Petioles flattened on the upper side and convex below. 
Stipules ovate, taper-pointed, the upper ones more or 
less cordate. Umbels several-flowered. Peduncles cylin¬ 
drical. Involucre of several lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
keeled bractes. Pedicles shorter than the bractes. Calyx 
5-cleft; the segments very long and narrow, lanceolate, 
tapering to a long slender point. Nectariferous tube about 
half the length of the calyx, flattened on each side, and 
somewhat gibbous at the base. Petals 5 : the two upper 
ones largest, obovate, very unequal-sided, attenuated 
towards the base, of a bright pale red, with a dark vel- 
