PELARGONIUM difforme.
Various- leaved Stork’s- bill.
P. difforme, umbellis plurifloris, foliis difformibus
cordato-cuneatis sublobatis cartilagineo-dentatis
erosisve, stipulis cordato-lanceolatis acuminatis
dentatis ciliatis, petalis obovatis, tubo nectarifero
calyce breviori.
Daveys Princess Augusta Geranium. Hartulanorum.
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches thickly
clothed with unequal villous hairs, as are the petioles,
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves of various forms, rigid,
generally deformed, slightly pubescent on each side,
cordate or cuneate at the base ; some slightly lobed,
sharply but unequally toothed with brown cartilaginous
teeth; others are lanceolate, but dilated at the
base, with irregular elongated points generally with a
blunt termination; some are deeply, others slightly
toothed, or nearly entire. Petioles unequal in length,
flattened and furrowed on the upper side and convex
on the lower, a little dilated at the base and apex.
Stipules cordate or cordately lanceolate, taper-pointed,
generally toothed and ciliate. Peduncles much longer
than the leaves, several-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7
ovate acute bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments very
long, lanceolate, acute, longer than the nectariferous
tube. Petals 5, widely obovate, of a blush colour,
the two uppermost largest, with a large dark purple
spot in the centre, and several purple lines from the
base, that are slightly branched. Filaments 10,
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-
coloured. Style red, hairy at the base. Stigmas 5,
purple, revolute.
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