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PELARGONIUM Barnardianum.
Mr. Barnard’s Stork’s-biU.
P. Barnardianum, umbellis plurifloris, foliis tripartitis
glaucescentibus glabris; segmentis lateralibus bi-
lobis: terminalibus trilobis dentatis, tubo nectari-
fero calyce duplo longiori.
Stem shrubby with few branches; branches flexu-
ose, a little swollen at the joints, smooth and glaucous.
Leaves 3-parted, acute, smooth, a little glaucous, with
a few hairs scattered on the nerves: lower segments
2-lobed, unequally and deeply toothed, upper one 3-
lobed, also deeply and sharply toothed. Petioles very
slender, slightly flattened on the upper side and
rounded on the lower, thinly covered with short pellucid
hairs. Stipules straight and rigid, lanceolate
acute. Peduncles smooth and shining, cylindrical
several-flowered. Involucre of from 4 to 8 lanceolate
acute bractes. Pedicles a little bent, smooth and
shining. Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate,
acute. Nectariferous tube more than twice the length
of the calyx, flattened and furrowed on each side
thinly covered with short pellucid hairs. Petals 5, of
a red salmon colour, the two upper ones oblong and
marked at the base with branched purple stripes,
lower ones ligulate. Filaments 10, united at the base",
7 bearing anthers, which are always imperfect. Style
very hairy. Stigmas 5, red and reflexed.
This curious plant is of hybrid origin, and was
raised by Edward Barnard, Esq. from the seed of P.
grandiflorum mixed with the pollen of P.fulgidum. It
is as near as possible intermediate between the two:
the habit of the plant is chiefly that of the former.