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PELARGONIUM politum. 
Polished Stork's-bill. 
P. politum , foliis reniformibus 3-5-lobis denticulatis 
utrinque hirsutis margine undulatis, stipulis ovatis 
acutis subdentatis villosis, umbellis 3-4-floris, caly- 
cibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali, 
stylo subhirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, erect, branched: branches erect, 
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves 
small, broader than long, kidney-shaped, 3 to 5-lobed, 
and toothed with small teeth, hairy on both sides, the 
margins more or less undulate or curled, strongly and 
numerously nerved underneath, the nerves branched 
all over the leaf, faintly scented like Lemon: lobes of 
the lower ones broad and obtuse: of the upper ones 
narrower and more acute. Petioles flattened and fur¬ 
rowed a little on the upper side, convex below, a little 
dilated at the base, thickly clothed with unequal hairs. 
Stipules small, ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, villosely 
hairy. Umbels 3 to 4-flowered. Peduncles stout, cylin¬ 
drical, very hairy. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, acute 
bractes, that are keeled and villous. Pedicles hairy, 
much longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the seg¬ 
ments reflexed: upper one much the broadest, ovate, 
acute: the others lanceolate. Nectariferous tube about 
the length of, or a little longer than the calyx, flattened 
on each side, and generally keeled. Petals 5, the two 
upper ones much the broadest, broadly obovate, much 
attenuated towards the base, very unequal sided, of a 
pure white ground, stained nearly all over the upper 
part with purple, that is lightest at the edges, at the 
base of which is a few short dark stripes, the lower part 
