PELARGONIUM veniflorum.
Veined-flowered Slork's-bill.
P. veniflorum, caule erecto ramoèo, foliis basi cuneatis
ovatis quinquelobis acutis inciso-dentatis, stipulis lan-
ceolatis acutis, umbellis 3-4-floris, petalis venosis pa-
tentibus, tubo nectarifero calyce paulo longiore.
Pelargonium veniflorum. Swt. hort. brit. p. — . n. 222. inedit.
Stem shrubby, erect, branching; branches slender,
clothed with unequal spreading hairs. Leaves ovate, acute,
wedge-shaped at the base, 5-lobed, unequally and sharply
cut and toothed, slightly hairy. Petioles about the length
of the leaves, flattened on the upper side and convex on
thé lower, a little widened at the base, thickly clothed with
unequal spreading hairs, as are the peduncles and calyx. Stipules lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 2 to 4-flowered. Involucre o f 4 to 6 lanceolate, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles about the length of the nectariferous tube, slender. Calyx 5-cleft, segments long, lanceolate, taper-pointed. Nectariferous tube a little longer than the calyx, broadly
flattened on each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5,
spreading, the 2 upper ones obovate, slightly emarginate,
white, with a dark purple patch in the centre, and numerous
purple veins branching in all directions: lower ones
. obovately oblong, rounded, also marked with purple veins. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing perfect anthers: pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy at the base,
and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed or
revolute.
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