PELARGONIUM affluens.
Numerous-flowered, Stork’ s-bill.
P. affluens, umbellis plurifloris subpaniculatis, foliis
cordatis trilobis dentatis hirsutis; lobis divaricatis
obtusis apice recur vis, stipulis cordatis acutis, tubo
nectarifero calyce parum longiori.
Stem shrubby, much branched ; branches slender,
spreading, thickly clothed with unequal spreading
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves
small, cordate, deeply 3-lobed, and toothed with small
unequal teeth, points recurved, hairy on both sides:
lobes blunt, spreading, the middle one much the
largest, often, slightly 3-lobed. Petioles about the
length of the leaves, flattened and furrowed on the
upper side and convex on the lower, a little widened
at the base and point. Stipules cordate or ovate,
taper-pointed and fringed. Peduncles numerous, cylindrical,
4 or 5-flowered. Involucre of six short,
ovate, acute, ciliate bractes. Pedicles long and slender,
generally more or less bent. Calyx 5-cleft, segments
unequal, lanceolate, acute, spreading. Nectariferous
tube scarcely longer than the calyx, much
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals
5, the two upper ones nearly round, with a slender
unguis, of a bright lilac, tinged with red, with a dark
purple mark in the centre, and numerous purple lines
branching in all directions ; lower petals ligulate, of a
pale lilac. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven
bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Germen
villous. Style very hairy at the base and smooth upwards.
Stigmas 5, revolute.