PELARGONIUM glaueiifolium.
Horn-Poppy-leaved Stork’s-bill.
P. glaueiifolium. subcaulescens, umbellis multifloris,
scapo folioso, foliis ternatis pinnatifidis lobatisve
sinuatis inæqualiter obtuse dentatis glaucescentibus
subtus tomentosis, calycibus reflexis, tubo nectari-
fero calyce quadruplo longiori.
Pelargonium glaueiifolium. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p. 22.
col. 1. '
Root tuberous, large, and branching into other
smaller tubers. Stem suffruticose, branching a little ;
branches spreading. Leaves of various forms, ternate,
pinnatifid, lobate or sinuate, unequally toothed with
shortish blunt teeth, rather glaucous and clothed underneath
with a short dense wool; lobes blunt and
rounded, undulate. Petioles thick, slightly flattened
on the upper side and rounded on the lower; thickly
clothed with villous hairs, as are the peduncles and
calyx. Stipules large, cordate or ovate, acute. Scape
leafy, producing three or four peduncles, which are
very long, bearing umbels of many flowers. Involucre
of several lanceolate acute concave bractes. Pedicles
shorter than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal,
oblong or lanceolate, obtuse. Nectariferous
tube slender, gradually attenuated downwards, flattened
and channelled on each side; about four times as
long as the calyx. Petals 5, all obovate, the two
upper ones rather largest, of a beautiful dark velvet,
edged with a greenish yellow. Filaments 10, erect,
six bearing anthers, besides a large spatula-shaped one,
as in the rest of this section. Pollen yellow. Style
short, hairy on the lower part and smooth upwards.
Stigmas 5, reflexed.