PELARGONIUM Charlwoodii.
Mr. Charlwood’s Storlcs-bill.
P. Charlwoodii, foliis cordatis pinnatifido-lobatis inciso-
dentatis undulatis utrinque pilosis canescentibus, sti-
pulis bracteisque elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis, um-
bellis multifloris paten tissimis, calycibus reflexis, tubo
nectarifero calyce duplo longiore.
Stem erect, rather succulent, branching: branches
thickly clothed with spreading unequal soft villous hairs,
as is every other part of the plant, except the corolla. Leaves cordate, canescent, pinnatifidly or deeply lobed,
undulate, deeply cut or toothed, the teeth large but scarcely
acute; lobes generally folded over each other, particularly
in the young leaves, where they are plaited. Petioles flattened
on the upper side, and convex on the lower, a little
widened at the base and point. Stipules long, lanceolate,
taper-pointed, fringed. Peduncles 6 to 10-flowered, cylindrical.
Involucre of several lanceolate, taper-pointed brac-
tes. Pedicles about the length of or a little longer than the
bractes. Calyon 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, all reflexed
when in flower, the upper one above double the size
of the others. Petals 5, spreading, the two upper ones
more than double the size of the others, unequal sized, elon-
gately cuneate, strongly 2-nerved near the base, the nerves
branching upwards, crimson, tinged with purple, and lined
with several darker branching lines : lower petals ligulate,
very slender at the base, 4-nerved at the back, of an orangy
scarlet: filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers. Style thinly clothed with long hairs near the base, and
smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, the points revolute.