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PELARGONIUM lautum. 
Genteel Stork's-bill. 
P. lautum, caule ereeto ramoso, foliis trilobis acute 
dentatis nitidis utrinque hirsutis: inferioribus eor- 
datis rotundato-obtusis: superioribus basi truncatis 
cuneatisve acutis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, pedun- 
culis 3-4-floris, petalis superioribus apice rotundatis 
basi longe attenuatis, tubo nectarifero calyce paulo 
longiore, stylo subhirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches thickly 
clothed with spreading villous hairs, as are the petioles, 
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves very variable, generally 
3-lobed, or rarely 5-lobed, toothed with sharp rigid une¬ 
qual teeth, a little hollow near the base on the upper 
side, of a glossy appearance, though thickly covered 
with hairs on both sides, numerously nerved underneath, 
the nerves much branched: lower ones cordate, more or 
less 3-lobed ; the lobes bluntly rounded, and the teeth 
shorter than those on the upper ones: intermediate ones 
3 to 5-lobed, even at the base, the lobes and teeth be¬ 
coming sharper higher up the stems: upper ones cune- 
ate at the base, some of them not lobed, others sharply 
3-lobed, acute. Petioles flattened, and slightly furrowed 
on the upper side, convex below, dilated a little at the 
base. Stipules ovate, tapering to a short sharp point, 
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, 3 to 4-flowered. Invo¬ 
lucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, or ovately lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, fringed bractes, which are unequal in size. 
Pedicles long and slender, very hairy. Calyx 5-cleft, 
tinged with a purplish brown; the segments lanceolate, 
taper-pointed, all reflexed, the upper one broadest. 
