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PELARGONIUM Broughtoniae.
Lady Broughton’s Stork’s-hill.
P. Broughtonice, umbellis plurifloris, foliis cordatis
quinquelobis undulatis ineequaliter grosseque den-
tatis rigidis, stipulis cordatis acutis subdentatis
ciliatis, tubo nectarifero insequali calyce parum
longiori.
Stem shrubby, branching; branches spreading,
thickly clothed with soft villous unequal hairs, as is
every other part of the plant except the corolla. Leaves
cordate, 5-lobed, undulate, unequally and deeply toothed
with sharp cartilaginous teeth: upper leaves on the
flower-stems 3-lobed, very sharply toothed. Petioles
widely flattened and furrowed on the upper side and
convex on the lower, a little widened at the base, and
connivent at the apex. Stipules cordate, acute, often
toothed and ciliate. Umbels several-flowered. Involucre
of six widely lanceolate taper-pointed bractes.
Pedicles unequal in length, a little bent upwards.
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, acute, reflexed.
Nectariferous tube unequal in length, flattened
and furrowed on each side, sometimes as short, and
sometimes longer than the calyx. Petals 5, the two
upper ones oblong and oblique at the base, lower ones
ligulate; the upper petals are nearly veinless, of a brilliant
flame colour, and sometimes marked in the
centre with a brown velvetty spot, and below that
branch a few purple stripes. Filaments 10, united at
the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured.
Style hairy at the base and smooth on the
upper part. Stigmas 5, reflexed.
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