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PELARGONIUM gibbosum.
Knotted Stork’s-bill
P. gibbosum, umbellis multifloris, foliis ternatis glaucis:
foliolis obtusis inciso-dentatis; intermedio cuneato
petiolato trifido, caule nodoso: nodis tumidis, tubo
nectarifero calyce quadruplo longiori.
Pelargonium gibbosum. Wïllden. sp. pl. 3. p. 684.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 233. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 181,
Geranium gibbosum. Andrews’s geran. c. ic. Cav. diss.
4. p. 265. t. 109. ƒ 1. Burm. afric. t. 37. f . 2.
Branches Stem shrubby,erect, or succulent,slightly s prsewadoilnng , astm othoeth , jogilnatus.
cous, knotted, and swoln at irregular distances ; knots
rLoeuagvhe,s atreirsninagte f, rsommo tohteh paenrdm agnlaeunct obuass;e ss iodfe t hleea fslteitpsu loebs.
tuse, some of them sessile, others petiolate, irregularly
cut and toothed; intermediate one cuneate, petiolate,
trifid; middle segment of the large leaves l,obed, irreganudla
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thickly covered with uneven hairs. Stipules cordate,
ciliate, soon withering, caducous at the top, permanent
at the base. Peduncles axillary, or opposite to
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riferous tube more than 4 times the length of the
calyx, slightly flattened, a little furrowed on one side
and ridged on the other, gradually tapering to the
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