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PELARGONIUM atro virens. 
Dark green-leaved Stork's-bill. 
P. atrovirens, caule frutescente ramoso; ramis glaberri- 
mis subflexuosis, foliis cordatis acutiusculis quin- 
quelobis margine undulatis serrato-dentatis atrovi- 
ridibus, stipulis ovatis acuminatis carinatis ciliatis, 
umbellis multifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo 
breviore, stylo hirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches somewhat 
flexuose, rather succulent, smooth and glossy, though 
thickly clothed with very short pellucid hairs, scarcely 
visible without the help of a lens. Leaves numerous, of 
a dark green, cordate, 5-lobed, the lobes sometimes 
again lobed, more or less acute, very much undulate at 
the edges, and serrately toothed with unequal sharp 
rigid teeth, strongly nerved underneath, which occa¬ 
sions numerous furrows on the upper side, smooth 
and glossy on both sides, but clothed with numerous 
short pellucid hairs that are scarcely visible, except 
held up to the light. Petioles flattened and slightly fur¬ 
rowed on the upper side, convex below, thinly hairy. 
Stipules ovate, tapering to a slender point, keeled down 
the back, and fringed at the edges. Umbels 4 to 7-flow¬ 
ered. Peduncles rather long and slender, somewhat com¬ 
pressed, thickened at the base, thinly clothed with 
pellucid hairs. Involucre of 6 to 8 bractes, that are ovate, 
keeled at the back, terminated in a sharp mucrone, and 
fringed. Pedicles very long and slender, thickly clothed 
with short gland-like hairs, and some longer ones inter¬ 
mixed. Calyon 5-cleft; the segments oblongly lanceo¬ 
late, taper-pointed, 3-nerved, hairy, and fringed. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube about half the length of the calyx. Pe¬ 
tals 5, of a pale blush, or nearly white; the 2 upper 
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