PELARGONIUM Youngii.
Young’s Stork’s-bill.
P. Youngii, umbellis quadrifloris, foliis cordatis sub-
trilobis planis inaequaliter dentatis multinerviis
utrinque hirsutis; margine undulatis, calycibus re-
flexis, tubo nectarifero longitudine calycis.
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches thickly
clothed with long spreading unequal villous hairs.
Leaves flat, widely cordate, slightly 3-lobed, sharply
but unequally toothed, many-nerved, very hairy on
both sides, margins undulate. Petioles flattened and
furrowed on the upper side and convex on the lower,
thickly covered with long villous hairs, as are the peduncles
and calyx. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed and
villous. Peduncles cylindrical, generally 4-flowered.
Involucre of 6 widely lanceolate, acute, concave, villous
hractes. Pedicles unequal in length, longer than
the nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments unequal,
lanceolate, acute; the upper one largest, erect;
the others reflexed or revolute. Nectariferous tube
about the length of the calyx, flattened on each side.
Petals 5, the two upper ones nearly orbicular, with
undulated margins, white, with a large velvetty spot
in the centre on a red ground, slightly striped underneath,
lower petals obovate, white. Filaments 10,
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-
coloured. Style pale-coloured, very hairy. Stigmas
5, reflexed. L
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant, communicated
to us by Messrs. Charles and James Young,
nurserymen at Epsom, who raised it from the seed of
P. Wdtsoni, the germen of which had been fertilized