P. dilatilobum, villosum, foliis reniformibus trilobis undu-
latis multinerviis: lobis apice dilatatis denticulatis, sti-
pulis cordatis acutis, pedunculis 4-5-floris, calycibus re-
flexis, tubo nectarifero calyce breviore.
Every part of the plant clothed with spreading villous
hairs. Stem frutescent, erect, branched. Leaves kidneyshaped,
3-lobed, undulate, and toothed with numerous very
short bluntish teeth, underneath strongly and numerously
nerved, the nerves much branched: lobes much dilated, the
sides ones slightly two-lobed. Petioles flattened on the
upper side and convex on the lower, much dilated at the
base. Stipules cordate, acute, sometimes toothed, fringed,
the margins slightly reflexed. Peduncles cylindrical, 4 or
5-flowered. Involucre of 6 ovate acute bractes. Pedicles
longer than the bractes, about the length of the nectariferous
tube. Calyon 5-cleft, the segments very long, lanceolate,
taper-pointed, strongly 3-nerved, purple, all reflexed when
in bloom. Nectariferous tube unequal in length, but
longer than the calyx, much flattened on 5, both sides. Petals the two upper ones obovate, unequal-sided, pale blush,
with a large purple patch in the centre, and numerous
purple lines below it, branching in various directions: lower
petals oblongly cuneiform, pale blush. Filaments 10,
united at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen orange-
coloured. Style purple, very hairy above half way up, the
upper part smooth. Stigmas 5, purple, revolute.
The present pretty little plant is a hybrid production,
and was raised from seed in the collection of J. F. Burnett,