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PELARGONIUM Veitchianum. 
Mr. VeitcKs Stork's-bill. 
P. Veitchianum , foliis reniformibus subquinquelobis ru- 
gosis denticulatis mollissime pilosis; lobis rotun- 
dato-obtusis, stipulis ovatis breviter acuminatis, 
umbellis multifloris congestis, tubo nectarifero ca- 
lyce villoso triplo breviore, stylo hirsutissimo. 
Stem frutescent, much branched ; branches thickly 
clothed with long spreading hairs, and some shorter ones 
intermixed, more or less tinged with brown. Leaves 
kidney-shaped, rounded at the points, slightly 5-lobed, 
rather rugged and uneven, toothed with numerous short 
rigid teeth, very soft to the touch, being densely clothed 
with short woolly hairs on both sides, numerously nerv¬ 
ed underneath, the nerves much branched. Petioles 
much flattened, and more or less furrowed on the upper 
side, convex on the lower, thickly clothed with spread¬ 
ing hairs and short down underneath. Stipules ovate, 
tapering to a short point, very hairy and fringed. Um¬ 
bels many-flowered; the flowers crowded, purple. Pe¬ 
duncles cylindrical, swollen a little at the base, very 
hairy. Involucre of 6 to 9 ovate, taper-pointed bractes, 
niore or less connected at the base, villosely hairy. Pe¬ 
dicles variable in length, tinged with purple. Calyx 5- 
cleft, villous, of a purplish brown: the segments lanceo¬ 
late, tapering to a long slender point. Nectariferous tube 
short, about three times shorter than the calyx, flattened 
a little on each side and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, 
esides several smaller ones, occasioned by some of the 
stamens being turned into petals: the two upper ones 
roadest, purple, marked with numerous black lines 
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