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PELARGONIUM cruentum.
Blood-red Stork’s-bill.
P. cruentum, acaule, umbellis compositis inultifloris,
foliis pinnatifido-laciniatis pilosis; segmentis ob-
longo-spatulatis obtusis dentatis, petalis patentibus
inferioribus linearibus, tubo nectarifero calyce du-
plo longiori.
Pelargonium cruentum. Nobis in Colv. catal. ed. 2.
p. 22. col. 2.
Root tuberous, scaly. Stem none or very short.
Leaves pinnatifid or deeply laciiiiate, hairy on both
sides : segments oblong or spatulate, very obtuse, and
toothed with very blunt rounded teeth. Petioles flattened
on the upper side and convex on the lower,
widened at the base, thickly clothed with soft villous
hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous
tube. Stipules lanceolate, acute, villous, joined to the
base of the petiole. Scape branching, leafy, producing
several umbels of flowers. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre
of numerous lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes.
Pedicles very short, not half the length of the bractes.
Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, bluntish, fringed,
spreading. Nectariferous tube about twice the length
of the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright crimson, shaded
with a darker colour: upper ones three times broader
than the lower ones, distinct at the base; lower ones
linear, channelled, spreading. Filaments 10, united
into a tube, seven bearing anthers. Germen and aristae
villous. Style hairy at the base and smooth upwards.
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
This elegant little plant is of hybrid origin, and
was raised last year at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill,
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