PELARGONIUM cynosbatifolium.
Cynosbati-leaved Stork's-bill.
P. cynosbatifolium, caule fruticoso ram oso; ramis con-
fertis brevissimis, foliis cordatis trilobis obtusis denti-
culato-crenatis p ilosis: lobo medio trilobo, stipulis
cordatis acum inate, pedunculis 2-5-floris, petalis sub-
asqualibus, tubo nèctarifero brevissimo calyce triplo
breviore.
Pelargonium cynosbatifolium. Willden. hort. berol. t. 78. Enum. v. 2. p. 708. Link enum.prodr. 1. p. 65 v. 2. p. 193. DC. 4. Hort. sub. lond. p. 152.
Geranium oxoniense. Andrews's geran. c. ic. el Hortu-
lanorum.
Stem shrubby, much branched: branches very short,
crowded, spreading, thickly clothed with spreading villous
hairs, as is every other part of the plant, except the corolla. Leaves cordate, deeply 3-lobed or nearly pinnatifid, obtuse,
roughish, margins finely but bluntly notched or toothed,
underneath prominently nerved, the nerves branching in
all directions: middle lobe 3-lob ed ; side ones entire, or
sometimes shortly 2-lobed. Petioles much flattened, and
furrowed on the upper side, and convex on the lower,
widened at the base. Stipules cordate, taper-pointed,
sometimes toothed, ciliate. Peduncles short and stiff,
cylindrical, from 2 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7
odvicaltees or broadly lanceolate concave pointed bractes. Pelonger
than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments
erect or slightly spreading, oblongly-lanceolate, concave,
pointed. Nectariferous tube very short, (in some flowers