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PELARGONIUM contiguum. 
Contiguous Stork’s-bill. 
P. contiguum, foliis cordatis quinquelobis cartilagineo- 
dentatis utrinque villosis apice recurvis, stipulis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis, umbellis 3-5- 
floris, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiore, stylo 
inferne hirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, not much branched: branches rather 
flexuose, villosely hairy . Leaves broader than long, cor¬ 
date, scarcely acute, rigid, 5-lobed, and toothed with 
large, broad, rigid teeth, points reflexed, as are some¬ 
times the lobes, densely clothed with white villous hairs 
on both sides, underneath strongly nerved, the nerves 
branching; lobes sometimes slightly lobed again. Pe¬ 
tioles flattened on the upper side and convex below, 
thickened at the base, densely hairy. Stipules large, 
broadly lanceolate, tapering to a slender point, broad 
at the base, villosely hairy and fringed. Umbels from 
3 to 5-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, villous. Involu¬ 
cre of from 6 to 8 lanceolate, acute, villous, fringed 
bractes, that are more or less connected at the base. 
Pedicles about the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; 
the segments lanceolate, acute, villous; upper one broad¬ 
est, erect, 3-nerved ; the others more or less reflexed at 
the points. Petals spreading; the 2 upper ones obovate, 
unequal-sided, of a bright orangy scarlet, with a faint 
mark in the centre, and below it are several pale lines, 
a little branched; lower petals ligulate, of rather a lighter 
colour, strongly veined at the back. Filaments 10, con- 
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