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PELARGONIUM eriophorum. 
Wool-bearing Stork’s-bill. 
P. eriophorum , villosissimum, foliis rigidis cordatis sub- 
acutis quinquelobis undulato-crispis rigide dentatis 
margine incurvis, stipulis oblongis breve acuminatis 
ciliatis, umbellis subquadrifloris, tubo nectarifero 
calyce subaequali, petalis superioribus spathulato- 
cuneatis: inferioribus ligulatis, stylo basi subhirsuto. 
Whole plant entirely covered with long white woolly 
hairs, and short woolly down underneath. Stem frutes- 
cent, rather succulent, not much branched. Leaves rigid, 
cordate, generally acute, 5-lobed, or sometimes 7-lobed, 
very much undulate, and curled at the margins, the 
margins bent inwards, so as for the leaf to be hollow on 
the upper side, toothed with numerous sharp, unequal, 
rigid teeth, the edges more or less tinged with a reddish 
brown, underneath strongly nerved, the nerves branch¬ 
ed and spreading all over the leaf: upper leaves cuneate 
at the base, less lobed. Petioles broad and flattened on 
the upper side, convex below, a little thickened and 
widened at the base. Stipules large, oblong, tapering to 
a short sharp point, entire or rarely toothed, fringed, 
horizontally spreading. Umbels 3 to 4-flowered. Pedun¬ 
cles short, cylindrical. Involucrum of 6 spreading, lan¬ 
ceolate, taper-pointed, fringed bractes. Pedicles scarcely 
so long as the bractes. Calyoc 5-cleft, the segments 
erect, or somewhat spreading, lanceolate, acute, the 
upper one largest. Nectariferous tube flattened on each 
side, and gibbous at the base, about the length of the 
calyx. Petals 5; the two upper ones spathulately cu¬ 
neate, tapering to the base, of a bright orangy scarlet. 
