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PELARGONIUM instratum. 
Spreading-spotted Stork’s-bill. 
P. instratum, foliis reniformibus acutis acute quinque- 
lobis rigidis dentatis utrinque hirsutis subtus mul- 
tinerviis; superioribus basi cuneatis, stipulis acumi- 
natis basi dilatatis, umbellis plurifloris, calycibus re- 
flexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali, stylo hir¬ 
sute. 
Stem frutescent, erect, branched : branches thickly 
clothed with spreading woolly hairs, as are the petioles, 
peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Leaves flat or nearly so, 
reniform, acute, 5-lobed, rigid, and toothed with nume¬ 
rous sharp rigid teeth, hairy on both sides, numerously 
nerved underneath, the nerves branching nearly all over 
the leaf; lobes acute : upper leaves cuneate at the base. 
Petioles flattened and furrowed on the upper side, con¬ 
vex below. Stipules broad at the base, terminated in a 
long sharp point, hairy and fringed. Umbels several - 
flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, elongated. Involucre 
of 6 lanceolate, taper-pointed bractes. Pedicles a little 
longer than the bractes, sometimes nearly twice the 
length. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments lanceolate, taper- 
pointed ; the upper one broadest, spreading or nearly 
erect; the others all reflexed or their points revolute. 
Nectariferous tube about the length of the calyx, flat¬ 
tened on each side, villosely hairy. Petals 5, pure white; 
the two upper ones broadly obovate, rounded at the ends, 
unequal-sided, marked with a very large dark purple 
spot in the centre, that spreads nearly over the petals 
and is palest on the outside, below it are a few purple 
lines: three lower ones oblong, inclining to oval, pure 
white. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing 
