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PELARGONIUM ramulosum.
Small-branched Stork’s-bill.
P. ramulosum, pedunculis bifloris, foliis cordatis cu -
neatisque subtrilobis dentatis, caule ramosissiino;
ramis debilibus patentibus, calycibus reflexis, tubo
nectarifero calyce parum longiori.
Stem shrubby, erect, very much branched; branches
very slender, spreading, thickly clothed with white
spreading unequal hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles,
and calyx. Leaves small, some cordate others cuneate,
generally 3-lobed, unequally and sharply toothed, hairy
on both sides. Petioles slender, flattened on the upper
side and convex on the lower. Stipules small, lanceolate,
acute, dilated at the base, fringed. Peduncles
long and slender, cylindrical, generally 2-flowered.
Involucre of from four to six small unequal fringed
bractes, some ovate, others lanceolate, acute. Pedicles
about the length of the nectariferous tube, villous.
Calyx 5-cleft; segments lanceolate, acute, reflexed.
Nectariferous tube a little longer than the calyx, flattened
on each side, gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the
two upper ones ovate, white or pale blush, with a dark
velvetty spot in the centre, stained all round with red
and from it branch a few lines in various directions •
lower petals spatulate or broadly ligulate, slightly undulate,
white tinged with blush. Filaments 10, connected
at the base, seven bearing anthers. Germen
villous. Style very hairy. Stigmas 5, red, fringed
and revolute.
Our drawing was taken from a plant that we received
from Mr. Smith, gardener at the Earl of Liverpool’s,
Coombe Wood, where it was raised from seed.
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