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PELARGONIUM dependens.
Pendent-petal’d Stork’s-bill.
P. dependens, peduncalis subquadrifloris, foliis trilobis
hirsutis: lobis cuneatis divaricatis apice insequaliter
dentatis basi integerrimis, petiolis caulisque villosis,
petalis inferioribus dependentibus, tubo nectarifero
calyce parum longiori.
Stem shrubby, branching; branches spreading'
thickly clothed with soft villous hairs, as are the petioles,
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves small, deeply
3-lobed, truncate at the base, hairy on both sides •
lobes spreading, broadly wedge-shaped, points unequally
toothed, base and sides entire. Petioles slender,
flattened on the upper side and convex on the
lower. Stipules ovate or lanceolate, oblique, taper
pointed, sometimes toothed, ciliate. Peduncles generally
4-flowered. Involucre of six broadly lanceolate
acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles unequal in length*
scarcely as long as the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-
cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, upper one erect the
others reflexed. Nectariferous tube a little longer than
the calyx, flattened on each side and swollen at the
base. Petals 5, the two upper ones oblongly obovate
oblique at the base, pf a clear white, with a large dark
purple patch in the centre, edged with red, and from
the base branch numerous red and purple lines on
each side; lower petals spatulate, dependent, of a clear
white. Filaments 10, united at the base, seven bearing
anthers. Pollen orange-coloured. Germen and
arista; villous. Style very hairy, much shorter than
the stamens. Stigmas 5, reflexed.