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PELARGONIUM mmulum.
Rival Stork’s-bill.
P. cemulum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordato-renifor-
mibus sublobatis denticulatis concaviusculis, stipulis
lanceolatis acutis, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo
nectarifero calyce reflexo parum breviori.
Pelargonium semulum. Nob. in Colv. catal. p. 22.
col. 1.
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches thickly
clothed with unequal spreading hairs, as are the petioles,
peduncles,* and calyx. Leaves between cordate
and reniform, about as wide as long, slightly concave,
obsoletely lobed, and toothed with very short sharp
teeth, hairy on both sides. Petioles scarcely as long
as the leaf, much flattened and furrowed on the upper
side and convex on the lower, widened and swollen at
the base. Stipules lanceolate, acute, ciliate, entire.
Peduncles short and thick, bent upwards, from 4 to 7
flowered. Involucre of from 6 to 10 widely lanceolate,
acute, concave, keeled bractes. Pedicles longer than
the nectariferous tube, about the length of the calyx.
Calyx 5-cleft, segments widely lanceolate, acute, all
reflexed when the flowers are expanded. Nectariferous
tube a little shorter than the calyx, widely flattened
and furrowed on each side. Petals 5, the two uppermost
widely obovate, oblique at the base, of a bright
purple colour, marked in the middle with blackish
purple lines, which branch in all directions and are
lightest on the outsides; lower petals oblongly obovate,
of a lighter colour. Filaments 10, united at the
base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured.