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PELARGONIUM laxulum. 
Loose- Umbelled Stork’s-bill. 
P. laxulum , foliis cordato-reniformibus trilobis undu- 
latis inaequaliter dentatis utrinque pilosis, stipulis 
ovatis aeutis subdentatis ciliatis, umbellis 4-5-floris 
laxe patentibus, pedicellis bracteis multo longiori- 
bus, calycibus refiexis, tubo nectarifero calyce lon- 
giore, stylo subglabro. 
frutescent, erect, branching; branches clothed 
with unequal, long, spreading, white hairs, as are the 
petioles, peduncles and pedicles. Leaves cordately reni- 
form, more or less three-lobed, somewhat undulate, the 
lower ones rounded at the points, the upper ones more 
acute, more or less hairy on both sides, toothed with 
numerous unequal rigid teeth, of a palish green colour, 
strongly nerved on the lower side, the nerves branched. 
Petioles flattened a little on the upper side and rounded 
below. Stipules ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, and 
fringed. Umbels 4 to 5-flowered, loosely spreading. 
Peduncles rather slender, cylindrical. Lnvolucre of six 
ovate bractes, that are keeled and mucronate,very hairy, 
and ciliate. Pedicles very long and slender, more or less 
bent, much longer than the bractes. Calyx villosely 
hairy, of a purple brown, 5-cleft: the segments lan¬ 
ceolate, acute, tipped with green; the upper one broad¬ 
est, keeled, erect; the others narrower, and all reflexed 
when in full bloom. Nectariferous tube longer than the 
calyx, much flattened on both sides, and slightly gibbous 
at the base, longer than the segments of the calyx, of a 
brown colour, and clothed with villous spreading hairs. 
Petals 5, obovate, spreading : the two upper ones about 
