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CAMPYLIA cana.
Hoary-leaved Campylia.
C. cana, pedunculis 3-5-florisve, foliis ovato subro-
tundis obtusis crenatis dentatis plicatis holosericeis,
stipulis bifidis, petalis pilosis; superioribus latis
ovatis undulatis, caule fruticoso suberecto.
Campylia cana. Colv. catal. p. 21. col. 1.
Pelargonium canum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 229.
Geranium tomentosum. Andrews's hot. rep. t. 115.
nee alionim.
Stem shrubby, erect, branching | branches erect, or
a little flexuose, very rugged, occasioned by the persistent
bases of the petioles and stipules, densely to-
mentose. Leaves roundly ovate, obtuse, plicate, covered
on both sides with a soft dense tomentum, which gives
them a velvetty appearance, closely toothed with
rounded unequal, generally double teeth. Petioles
often twisted, flattened on the upper side and rounded
on the lower, thickly covered with long soft villous
hairs. Stipules clasping the stem, generally bifid,
points acuminate, fringed, bases persistent. Flower-
stalks slightly branched, often dichotomous. Umbels
3 or 4 flowered. Involucre generally of 6 bractes, some
ovate, others lanceolate, concave, and ciliate. Pedicles
nodding before the flowers expand, erect when in
bloom, and ascending- when in fruit. Calyx 5-cleft,
upper segment widest, erect, strongly nerved, concave,
the others narrower, spreading, with membranaceous
margins, all thickly covered with soft white hairs.
Nectariferous tube about half the length of the calyx.
Petals 5, hairy on the outsides, the 2 uppermost widely
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