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PELARGONIUM fastuosum. 
Fastuous Stork’s-bill. 
V. fastuosum, caule erecto robusto villoso, foliis cordatis 
acutis quinquelobis irregulariter argute dentatis gla- 
briusculis, stipulis ovatis ciliatis breve acuminatis, 
umbellis 4-5-floris, petalis apiee reflexis, tubo nec- 
tarifero calyee breviore, stylo ad medium hirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, thickly clothed with 
spreading villous hairs, producing but few branches. 
Leaves cordate, acute, more or less 5-lobed, sharply 
toothed with rigid unequal large teeth, terminated in a 
straw-coloured point, of a smooth but dullish appear¬ 
ance, thinly clothed on both sides with short hairs, the 
nerves very hairy : lower ones broader than long, and 
more obtuse, cucullate towards the base; those nearer 
the flowers much longer in proportion, sharp-pointed, 
flat, and more deeply lobed. Petioles stout, flat on the 
upper side and convex below, widened at the base. 
Stipules ovate, sometimes toothed, fringed, and termi¬ 
nated in a short sharp point. Peduncles cylindrical, 
clothed with long, spreading, unequal white hairs. Um¬ 
bels 4 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 to 8 broadly ovate, 
acute, hairy bractes, that are closely imbricate over 
each other at the sides. Pedicles bent, longer than the 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments erect, or spreading 
a little, broadly lanceolate, tapering to a sharp point, 
villosely hairy, more or less tinged with brown. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube unequal in length, but not so long as the 
calyx. Petals 5 ; the two upper ones broadly obovate,- 
unequal at the base, of a bright rosy red, with a dark 
spot in the centre, below which are several short dark 
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