PELARGONIUM optabile.
Desirable Stork’ s-bill.
P. optabile, pedunculis 2-3-florisve, foliis quelobis inciso-dentatis scabris, caulec orradmatoisso q, usitni--
pulis acuminatis, calycibus reflexis longitudine tubi
nectariferi.
Pelargonium optabile. Hortulanorum. Nobis in Col-
vill's Catalogue, p. 22. col. 1»
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hairs. Leaves rough, cordate, 5-lobed, sharply and
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and very small on the lower. Petioles flattened and
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small, cordate, taper-pointed, soon withering and turning
brown. Peduncles 2 to 3-flowered, hairy. Invmoilnuactree,
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Pedicles bent, a little flattened, about the length of the
nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate,
acute, reflex. Nectariferous tube flattened on
both sides, very hairy, about the length of the calyx.
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centre, that joins numerous dark purple stripes, from
the base, which branch in various directions; lower
petals broadly spatulate, white. Filaments 10, united
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Stigmas 5, reflexed. n 2