PELARGONIUM eriophyllum.
Woolly round-leaved Stor/c’s-bill.
P. eriophyllum, umbellis plurifloris subpaniculatis, fo-
liis rotundato-cordatis obsolete lobatis obtuse den-
ticulatis planis subtus incanis mollibus, petalis
inferis angusto-spatulatis, tubo nectarifero calyce
parum longiori.
Pelargonium cordatum (3. tomentosum. Hortulanomm.
Stem shrubby, much branched; branches spreading,
thickly clothed with soft villous hairs, as is every other
part of the plant except the corolla. Leaves flat, very
soft, roundly cordate, scarcely lobed, toothed with
short rounded teeth that terminate in a hard callous
point; upper side of a dark green, but thickly covered
with short white hairs, which give it a blueish appearance
; underneath clothed with a close white tomentum,
margins fringed. Petioles unequal in length, but generally
longer than the leaf, flattened and furrowed on
the upper side and convex on the lower, a little widened
at the base. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed, whitish,
membranaceous with fringed margins. Peduncles generally
panicled, reaching much beyond the leaves,
producing umbels of from 4 to 6 flowers. Involucre
of 6 or 7 lanceolate keeled bractes. Pedicles very unequal
in length, some very short, others as long as the
nectariferous tube. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate,
the upper ones widest, erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous
tube about the length or a little longer than
the calyx. Petals 5, the two uppermost obliquely
ovate, of a lilac colour, with a dark crimson mark in
the centre, which joins several reddish purple lines
from the base: lower petals narrowly spatulate, of a
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