PELARGONIUM Fairliese.
Mrs. Fair lie’s Stork’ s-bill.
P. Fairliece, umbellis plurifloris, foliis reniformibus
trilobis undulatis dentatis, stipulis lanceolatis acu-
minatis subdentatis, calycibus reflexis, tubo necta-
refero longitudine calycis.
Pelargonium Fairliese. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p. 22. col,3.
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched; branches
slender, erect, of a purplish colour, thickly clothed
with short white unequal spreading hairs, as are the
petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves small, reni-
form, deeply 3-lobed, undulate, unequally toothed,
underneath much veined, fragrant; lobes broadly cu-
neate, spreading. Petioles slender, flattened and furrowed
on the upper side and convex on the lower, a
little thickened at the base. Stipules small, lanceolate,
taper-pointed, sometimes toothed and ciliate, reflexed.
Peduncles cylindrical, several-flowered. Pedicles about
the length of the nectariferous tube, slightly hairy.
Calyx 5-cleft; segments lanceolate, taper-pointed, reflexed.
Nectariferous tube about the length of the
calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous at the base.
Petals 5, of a pale rosy lilac; the two upper ones ob-
ovate, oblique at the base, with a white spot in the
centre, and a purple one above it, and from the base
are two purple lines which are slightly branched;
lower ones oblong, obtuse. Filaments 10, united at
the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured.
Germen and aristae villous. Style red, slightly
hairy at the base and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5,
purple, reflexed.
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