PELARGONIUM cortussefolium.
Cortusa- leaved Stork’ s-bill.
P. cortuscefolium, umbellis multifloris, petalis obcorda-
tis, foliis cordatis inciso-lobatis undulatis obtuse
dentatis, stipulis subulatis, caule carnoso.
Pelargonium cortussefolium. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 672.
Pers. syn. 2. p. 231. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 175.
L'Her. ger. t. 25.
Geranium cortussefolium. Andrews's reposit. 121.
Stem shrubby, succulent, very rough, with persistent
stipules; branches' short, succulent, crowned
with leaves at the top. Leaves undulate, covered with a white silkcoyr ddaotwe,n ,l olboebde,s aunnd
equally toothed. Petiole longer than the leaf, swollen
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off, the lower part persistent. Peduncles reaching beyond
the leaves, bearing umbels of many flowers. Invvoillluocurse
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Calyx 5-cleft, segments ovate, reflexed. Nectariferous
tube about 4 times the length of the calyx, flattened on
both sides, thickly covered with soft villous hairs. Corwohlliate
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petals of a pinkish blush colour, each marked with 2
faint red spots. Filaments 10, united at the base, 6
only bearing anthers in the specimens we have examined,
but in L’Heritier’s figure there are 7: perhaps
it varies from 6 to 7. Po£ll e2n of a pale yellow colour.