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PELARGONIUM coruscans.
Glittering Stork’s-bill.
P. coruscans, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordatis sub-
lobatis intequaliter acute dentatis utrinque pubes-
centibus, petalis undulatis reflexis, tubo neetarifero
calyce multo breviori.
Pelargonium coruscans. Hoare MSS. Colv. catal.
ed. 2. p. 22. col. 3.
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches short,
slender, nearly upright or a little spreading, thickly
clothed with very unequal spreading villous hairs, as
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves slightly
cordate, upper ones ovate, often shallowly lobed, particularly
the lower ones, very unequally and sharply
toothed, pubescent on both sides, strongly nerved underneath,
of a pale green colour. Petioles long and
slender, flattened on the upper side and convex on the
lower, widened at the base. Stipules variable, some
cordate, others ovate or lanceolate, entire or rarely
toothed, fringed, some bluntish, others pointed. Peduncles
long and slender, reaching far beyond the
leaves, often bent or crooked. Umbels 3 to 5-flowered.
Involucre of six short, lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes.
Pedicles long and slender, twice the length of the
nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments long, lanceolate,
taper-pointed. Nectariferous tube much shorter
than the calyx. Petals 5, a little twisted, the two
upper ones broadly obovate, oblique at the base, of a
rosy lilac with a dark spot in the centre and numerous
dark lines from the base that branch in various directions
; lower petals oblong or nearly obovate, of a
lighter colour. Filaments 10, connected at the base,
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