PELARGONIUM nanum.
Pigmy Stork’s-bill.
P. nanum, pedunculis subquadrifloris panicalatis, folds
cordatis trilobis ineequaliter obtuse dentatis,
caule suffruticoso declinato, stipulis cordato-lan-
ceolatis ciliatis.
Pelargonium ignescens y nanum. Hoare MSS.
Stem very short, suffruticose; branches declining,
thickly covered with unequal villous hairs. Leaves
cordate, 3-lobed, unequally and very bluntly toothed,
covered on both sides with short stiff hairs. Petioles
slightly flattened and furrowed on the upper side and
convex on the lower, thickly clothed with soft villous
hairs, as are the peduncles, involucre, and calyx. Stipules
cordately lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Peduncles
panicled, 2 to 4-flowered. Involucre of one leaflet,
divided into 4 or 6 segments; segments ovately lanceolate,
ciliate. Pedicles curved upwards. Calyx 5-
cleft, upper segment erect, ovate, keeled; the others
broadly lanceolate, reflexed. Nectariferous tube about
the length of the calyx, much flattened and furrowed
on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the
two uppermost obovate, of a light scarlet, lightest at
the base, from which branch numerous black lines that
are reticulately branched; lower petals broadly ligu-
late, rather paler, with 2 purple lines from the base of
each. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers,
which are all sterile in our specimens. Style
flesh-coloured, hairy. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
This very curious and handsome little plant is a
hybrid production, and was raised by Sir R. C. Hoare
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