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PELARGONIUM Littleanum. 
Mr. Littles Stork's-bill. 
P. Littleanum , foliis cordato-reniformibus obsolete quin- 
quelobis inaequaliter rigide dentatis ciliatis glabrius- 
culis margine subrecurvis: superioribus acutis basi 
cuneatis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, umbellis pluri- 
floris, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso subasquali, 
stylo basi ad medium hirsute. 
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches 
thickly clothed with long spreading villous hairs, as are 
the petioles, stipules, peduncles, bractes, and calyx. 
Leaves slightly 5-lobed, and toothed with numerous 
unequal sharp rigid teeth, of a smooth glossy appear¬ 
ance, though thinly clothed with hairs on both sides 
and fringed at the margins, sides more or less reflexed, 
underneath numerously nerved: lower leaves kidney- 
formed, rounded at the points, very slightly lobed; 
those higher up cordate, more acute and deeper lobed: 
upper ones wedge-shaped at the base, acute, the lobes 
and teeth also sharper. Petioles flattened on the upper 
side and furrowed a little, convex below, a little widened 
at the base. Stipules ovate, abruptly tapering to a point, 
fringed, and occasionally toothed. Umbels 5 to 7-flow¬ 
ered. Peduncles cylindrical, thickened a little at the 
base. Involucre of 6 to 8 bractes, that are ovate, ab¬ 
ruptly acute, keeled, and generally more or less con¬ 
nected at the base. Pedicles more than double the length 
of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments very long,, 
lanceolate, tapering to a long sharp point, keeled, tinged 
with brown, the upper one rather broadest, 3-nerved, 
erect or spreading a little at the points; the others all 
reflexed, when the flowers are expanded. Petals 5, very 
