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PELARGONIUM clathratum. 
j Barred-pet aled Stork’s-bill. 
P. clathratum, foliis cordatis acutis cucullatis subtrilo- 
bis acute inasqualiter dentatis glabriusculis rigidis, 
stipulis oblongis acutis, umbellis 3-5-floris, tubo 
neetarifero calyce submquali, stylo hirsutissimo. 
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches short 
and stout, thickly clothed with leaves, and with long 
spreading woolly hairs. Leaves rigid, cordate, acute, 
hollow on the upper side, more or less deeply 3-lobed, 
and toothed with sharp but very unequal teeth, some 
being long and others very short, smoothish and glossy, 
but clothed on both sides with short hairs: strongly 
nerved underneath, the nerves very hairy. Petioles 
flattened a little, and slightly furrowed on the upper 
side, convex below, clothed with long spreading hairs. 
Stipules variable, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, acute, or 
sometimes shortly acuminate, fringed. Umbels 3 to 5- 
flowered. Peduncles short and stout, cylindrical, hairy. 
Involucre of 6 short, ovate, sharp-pointed bractes, clo¬ 
thed with spreading white hairs. Pedicles about the 
length of the bractes, or sometimes nearly double the 
length. Calyx 5-cleft, clothed with shortish hairs: 
upper segment ovate, acute, three-nerved, erect; the 
others narrower and spreading, or the points reflexed, 
the lower one broader than the others and three-nerved, 
the others keeled. Nectariferous tube about the length 
of the calyx, sometimes not so long. Petals 5, all obo- 
vate: the two upper ones broadest, rounded at the ends, 
very unequal-sided towards the base, where they are 
much attenuated; of a light rosy pink, with a dark vel- 
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