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PELARGONIUM ardens.
Glowing Stork’s-bill.
P. ardens, caule crasso suffruticoso, scapo diviso villoso,
foliis hirsutis cordato-oblongis lobis obtusis sinuatis dentatis, tulobboa tnise cttearrnifaetrios qbuaesi;
attenuato calyce triplo longiori.
PelaLrogdodniiguems. Barodte. nCs.a b.H 1o3r9t.. Sub. Land. p. 151. n. 47.
Geranium ardens. Andrews's Ger. cum icone.
Stem suffruticose, thick and uneven, a little branchaeldi.
k e, Bhraainrcyh oesn sbhootrht asnidde ss,u cccourldeantte., oLbeloanvegs, sucnaerqceulayl ly2
lobed, sometimes ternate; lobes obtuse, sinuate or unaenquda
lplyro tmoointheendt, wbirthan bclhuinntg- roaunndd evde rtye ethha:i ryn.e rvPese tliaorlgees
increasing in size towards the leaf, flattened and channelled
above and rounded below, thickly covered with
sdoilfat tevdil loaut s thhea ibrsa.s e, Satnidp uelensd incog rdaabtreu,p tclyil iainte ,a nw aicduetlye
point. Scape divided, villous, leafy at the base of the
peduncles. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles villous,
cylindrical and swollen at the base. Involucre of seveoravla
tuen, eqouthael rbsr alcatnecse, ojloaitnee, d cionntcoa voen,e vaitl lothues . basPe,e dsiocmlees
very short, about the length of the calyx. Calyx 5-cleft,
segments unequal, carinate, ciliate, upper one ovate,
etarericfte,r ocuosn ctuavbee , 3t hoer 4o tthimeress llaonncgeeorl atthea, n I’tehflee xceadly. x, Nfleacttened
and keeled on both sides, gradually attenuated
downwards, and covered with short stiff hairs. Petals
s5c, atrwleot, suhpapdeerdm wositt hw ai ddeasrt,k eor vcaotleo, uro:b ltouwsee,r oonfe sa o bblroignhgt,
obtuse, of the same colour. Filaments 10, erect, united
at the base, 6 bearing perfect anthers, and 1 imperfect
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