PELARGONIUM ramigerum.
Branching-veined Stork's-bill.
P. ramigerum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis cordatis acutius-
culis subtrilobis inaequaliter cartilagineo-dentatis utrin-
que pilosis, stipulis ovatis acutis subdentatis ciliatis,
umbellis 3-5-floris subpaniculatis, petalis superis obo-
vatis ramoso-venosis, tubo nectarifero calycesubaequali.
Pelargonium ramigerum. Swt. hort. hrit. add. p. 471.
n. 411.
Stem shrubby, erect, much branched: branches spreading,
thickly clothed with unequal villous hairs, as are the
petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, more or
less acute, hairy on both sides, more or less deeply 3-lobed,
undulate, sharply toothed with unequal rigid teeth, underneath
strongly 3-nerved at the base, the nerves much
branched. Stipules ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, villous
and fringed. Peduncles numerous, in a sort of panicle.
Umbels 3- to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 ovate or
ovately lanceolate, acute, villous bractes. Pedicles unequal,
in length, sometimes shorter and sometimes longer
than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, upper segment oblongly
rous ovate,tube erect, the others lanceolate, reflexed. Nectarife
about the length of the calyx, but variable in
length, much flattened and keeled on each side. Petals 5,
the two upper ones obovate, very unequal sided, of a salmon
colour, tinged with an orangy scarlet, and marked
with a largish velvetty patch in the centre, from which and
from the base are numerous dark purple veins, which branch
all over the petals, strongly two-nerved at the back, the
nerves much branched: lower petals oblong, obtuse, of a
bright pink or rose colour, with a short dark stripe or two