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PELARGONIUM Brownii.
Brown s Stork’s-bill.
P. Brownii, umbeliis plurifloris, foliis subquinquelobis
acutis argute ineequaliter dentatis rigidis multi-
nerviis basi cuneatis, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo
nectarifero calyce parum bi’eviori.
Brown’s Miss Rosa. Hortulanorum.
Stem shrubby, short and stiff, branching A branches
short, erect, thickly clothed with long spreading villous
hairs, as is every other part of the plant except the
corolla. Leaves rigid, acute, concave, strongly and
numerously nerved: lower ones 5-lobed ; upper ones
3-lobed: those near the flowers not lobed, all sharply
toothed with rigid unequal teeth. Petioles short,
widely flattened on the upper side and convex on the
lower, scarcely as long as the leaf. Stipules lanceolate,
acuminate, fringed. Peduncles short and stiff. Umbels
several-flowered. Involucre of about six oblong or
ovate, concave, keeled, acute bractes. Pedicles about
the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments
erect, lanceolate, pointed. Nectariferous tube scarcely
as long as the calyx, flattened on each side and gibbous
at the base. Petals 5, the two upper ones widely ob-
ovate, oblique at the base, of a fine blush-colour with
a large dark spot in the centre which stains a great
part of the petals : lower ones narrowly obovate or oblong,
of a bright blush. Filaments 10, connected at
the base, 7 bearing anthers. Pollen orange-coloured.
Style purple, slightly hairy on the lower part and quite
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed.
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