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PELARGONIUM implicatum. 
Implicated Stork 3 s-bill. 
P. implicatum, foliis rotundo-reniformibus denticulatis 
mollissime pilosis, stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis, umbellis plurifloris, pedicellis bracteislon- 
gioribus, tubo nectarifero brevissimo calyce qua¬ 
druple breviore, stylo hirsutissimo. 
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches 
more or less spreading, thickly clothed with villous 
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves 
roundly kidney-formed, not lobed, or but very slightly, 
flat or but slightly undulate, toothed with numerous 
very short teeth, thickly clothed with numerous short 
soft hairs on both sides, which give them a very soft 
feel to the touch. Petioles flattened on the upper side 
and convex below. Stipules oblong or oblongly lanceo¬ 
late, taper-pointed, villous. Umbels several-flowered. 
Peduncles cylindrical. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, villous bractes. Pedicles longer than the 
bractes. Flowers pale purple, generally monstrous, the 
stamens being more or less changed into petals. Calyx 
5-cleft; the segments very long and narrow, lanceolate, 
tapering to a slender point, the upper one rather broad¬ 
est, erect, the others spreading at the points. Necta¬ 
riferous tube very short, about four times shorter than 
the calyx. Petals purple, the two upper ones broadest, 
obovate, unequal sided, with a darker purple patch in 
the centre, below which branch some dark purple lines: 
lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, pale purple. 
Stamens 10, connected at the base, the greater part of 
which are generally turned into a sort of petals. Style 
