PELARGONIUM acutilobum.
Sharp-lobed Stork’s-bill.
P. acutilobum, pedunculis paucifloris, foliis planis ob-
longo-lanceolatis serratis glabris: inferioribus acute
lobatis, superioribus lanceolatis, stipulis lanceolatis
acuminatis, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo longiori.
Stem shrubby, branching; branches spreading,
thickly clothed with short white hairs, 'as are the petioles,
peduncles, calyx, and the nerves of the leaves.
Leaves flat, cuneate at the base, oblongly lanceolate,
acute, serrate, glossy: loioer ones more or less lobed;
lobes sharp-pointed, serrated, the middle one much the
longest, but not so pointed: upper leaves lanceolate,
sharply serrated. Petioles flattened and furrowed on
the upper side and convex on the lower. Stipules lanceolate,
taper-pointed. Peduncles few-flowered. Involucre
of four or five linearly lanceolate taper-pointed
bractes. Pedicles about the length of the bractes.
Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, taper-
pointed, the upper one largest, erect, the others reflexed.
Nectariferous tube about double the length of
the calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous at the
base, thickly clothed with short hairs. Petals 5, un-
guiculate, the two upper ones obovate, oblique, white
or pale blush, with a large dark obovate patch in the
centre and a few lines branching from i t : lower ones
spatulately ligulate, white or pale blush. Filaments 10,
united at the base, seven bearing anthers. Pollen
orange-coloured. Style very hairy about half way up,
the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed.
Our drawing of this plant was taken at the Nursery
of Messrs. Allen and Co. of the Union Nursery,