PELARGONIUM Mostynse.
Mrs. Mostyn’s StorJc s-bill.
P. Mostynce, pedunculis paniculatis: umbellis multi-
floris, foliis reniformibus undulato-lobatis deutatis,
pedunculis calycibusque villosissimis.
Geranium Mostynum. Colvill MSS.
Stem shrubby, upright, with few branches. Leaves
pubescent on both sides, reniform, waved, slightly
lobed, dentate, ciliate. Stipules minate, upper ones wedge-shapedo. vatPe,e dtuonocthleesd ,l oancguer
tnhuamne rtohues laeat ft, hec ouvpepreedr pwairtth. loUnmg bveilsll o5u st oh 8arifrlso, wmeroedst.
Involucre of 6 bractes; bractes cuneate, subdentate,
villous. Calyx divided into 5 segments, thickly covaceuretde,
wthiteh uspopfet r voilnloeu sla rhgaeisrts. ; Nseegcmtaerniftesr oluans cteuoblea te3, times shorter than the pedicle. Corolla of 5 petals,
the two uppermost obovate, pale purple, beautifully
lmataer,k eodb twuisteh, doafr ka lipnaelse: trhoese thcroeleo ulor.w erF oilnaems elnatns ce1o0,
uornaintegde -acto ltohuer ebda.s e, Gseervmenen o vnillylo buesa. rinSgty laen thhaeirrsy., pPuorpllleen.
Stigmas 5, spreading.
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the nursery
hofo nMoru.r Coof lvMilrl,s . KMinogs’tsy nR, oaadn, aCdmheilrseera o, fw chuori onuasm epdla int tisn;
we suspect it to be of hybrid origin, but cannot determine
between which species; it hath some distant affinity
to P. cor datum; also to P. cucullatum, and other
species nearly allied, but is readily distinguished from
them all. It is a very hardy kind, and early flowerer,
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