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PELARGONIUM conchyllatum. 
Violet purple Stork’’ s-bill. 
P. michyllatum , foliis cordato-reniformibus rotundatis 
inaequaliter argute dentatis utrinque pilosis, stipulis 
ovatis mucronatis subdentatis, umbellis subsexfloris, 
calycibus villosissimis, tubo nectarifero calyce sub 
sequali, stylo basi subhirsuto. 
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, producing many bran¬ 
ches, that are densely clothed with spreading villous 
hairs. Leaves large, about the same length as breadth, 
cordately reniform, rounded at the ends, somewhat hol¬ 
low at the base, toothed with numerous rigid horny 
teeth, that are very unequal in length, those terminating 
the largest nerves very long, and at last become recur¬ 
ved, all tipped with a pale yellow spot. Petioles stout, 
flattened and slightly furrowed on the upper side, con¬ 
vex underneath, thickly clothed with spreading white 
hairs. Stipules ovate, sometimes toothed with long sharp 
teeth, others are entire. Umbels in general, 6-flowered, 
but varying from 5 to 7. Peduncles rather long, cylin¬ 
drical, more or less bent, villosely hairy. Involucrum of 
several broadly ovate bractes, that are terminated by a 
sharp mucrone, and frequently deeply toothed, villous. 
Pedicles longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-parted, the 
segments unequal in size, of a brownish purple, all 
tapering to a slender point, and densely clothed with 
long white shaggy hairs: upper one largest, ovate, erect: 
the others lanceolate, spreading or the points reflexed. 
Petals 5 ; the two upper ones broadly obovate, rounded 
at the ends, tapering very much towards the base, 
scarcely unequal-sided, of a brilliant violet purple, 
