PELARGONIUM darum.
Clear-flowered, Stork's-bill.
P. clarum, villosum, foliis cordatis 5-7-lobis undulatis in-
sequaliter argute dentatis utrinque pilosis, stipulis lan-
ceolatis acutis subdentatis, umbellis plurifloris, petalis
crenatis, tubo nectarifero calyce subduplo breviore.
Stem frutescent, branching: branches erect or slightly
spreading, thickly clothed with spreading unequal villous
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate,
broader than long, rather succulent, 5 or 7-lobed, much
undulate, deeply toothed with large unequal horny teeth,
clothed with soft hairs on both sides, strongly nerved underneath,
the nerves a little branched. Petioles a little flattened
on the upper side and rounded on the lower, widened at
the base. Stipules broadly lanceolate, acute, generally toothed,
villous, and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, elongated. Umbels several-flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 unequal brac-
tes, some lanceolate, others ovate, acute, villous. Pedicles
long and slender, villosely hairy. Calyx 5-cleft, lacinise
very unequal, outer ones broadest, broadly lanceolate, acute,
inner ones narrower and taper-pointed. Nectariferous tube
unequal in length, generally about half the length of the
calyx, much flattened on both sides, and gibbous at the
base. Petals 5, of a clear white, slightly notched at the
ends : the two upper ones largest, obovate, unequal sided,
with a bright purple patch in the centre, below which are
several purple lines, some of them a little branched : lower
ones oblong, rounded at the points. Filaments 10, connected
at the base, 7 only bearing anthers. Style purple, with a
few spreading hairs-near the base, the upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, purple, spreading, the points reflexed.
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