PELARGONIUM concolor.
Self-coloured Sior/c’s-bill.
P. concolor, umbellis multifloris, foliis cordatis quin-
quelobis undulatis mollibus, stipulis cordatis, cau-
libus difFusis, tubo nectarifero calyce longiori.
13. major, floribus majoribus, fig. b.
Stem shrubby, branching; branches very long and
spreading, procumbent if not supported, thickly clothed
with long shaggy hairs, as is every other part of the
plant except the corolla. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, undulate,
thickly clothed on both sides with soft villous
hairs, very soft to the touch, feeling like cloth. Petioles
widely flattened and furrowed on the upper side and
convex on the lower, a little widened at the base.
Stipules very large, cordate, acute, with recurved
fringed margins. Peduncles cylindrical, a little bent
upwards. Umbels 6 to 8-flowered. Involucre of 6 or
8 unequal bractes, some ovate others widely lanceolate,
acute, fringed. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment largest,
erect, ovate, the others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous
tube longer than the calyx, flattened on each
side and gibbous at the base, about twice the length
of the pedicle. Petals 5, of a bright red or orangey
scarlet, the two upper ones oblong or nearly obovate,
with a darker obscure spot in the centre and 2 or 3
slightly branched lines below i t ; lower petals ligulate
or inclining to spatulate. Filaments 10, united at the
base, 7 bearing anthers, which were sterile in all the
specimens that we have seen. Style flesh-coloured, very
hairy. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed.