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PELARGONIUM liybridum. 
Mule Stork’s-bill. 
P. hybridum, pedunculis multifloris subcompositis, foliis 
subrotundis obsolete lobatis crenatis immaculatis, 
petalis cuneiformibus laciniis ealycis multo latiori- 
bus, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo longiori. 
Pelargonium hybridum. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 666. 
Pers. syn. 2. p. 230. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 
171. 
Pelargonium coccineum. Ehrh. Beitr. 7. p. 162. Cav. 
diss. 4. p, 239. t. 105./. 2. 
Geranium miniatum. Andrews s ger. c. ic. 
Geranium africanum arboreseens, malvae folio pingui 
varietas. Dill. elth. 125. t. 125./ 152. 
Stem shrubby, much branched. Branches short, 
flexuose, rather succulent, of a shining green colour, 
but thickly covered with short hairs. Leaves of a 
round kidney-shape, truncate at the base, slightly 
lobed, unequally notched, of a dark green shining 
colour, with rather a greasy appearance. Petioles 
a little flattened and slightly furrowed on the upper 
side and convex below, thickly covered with short 
hairs. Stipules cordate, obtuse, ending abruptly in 
an acute point, entire or sometimes toothed. Pe¬ 
duncles opposite to the leaf, cylindrical, bearing many- 
flowered umbels, often branched. Involucre of 6 cor¬ 
date bractes, ending in an acute point. Pedicles 
very short. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, upper 
one erect, the others much narrower, spreading. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube more than twice the length of the calyx. 
