PELARGONIUM carnescens.
Pale red Stork’s-bill.
P. carnescens, foliis cordatis quinquelobis cartilagineo-
dentatis utrinque hirsutis: lobis sublobatis, stipulis
ovato-lanceolatis acutis, umbellis plurifloris, petalis su-
peris obovatis: inferis oblongis apice rotundatis, tubo
nectarifero calyce subasquali.
Pelargonium carnescens. Swt. hart. hrit. p. 7 9 . n. 96.
Stem frutescent, branching; branches more or less
spreading, thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs,
very unequal in length. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, very
much undulate, thickly clothed with hairs on both sides,
the lobes more or Petioles less lobed, and toothed with unequal
rigid horny teeth. flattened and furrowed on the
upper side, and convex on the lower, very hairy. Stipules
duncles ovately lanceolate, acute, sometimes toothed,Umbels hairy. Pe
cylindrical, unequally hairy. several-
fPereoduicsl flowered.etsu Involucre bheairy. Calyx of 6 ovate, acute, concave bractes. 5-cleft, villosely hairy. Nectari
about the length of the calyx, thickly clothed
with villous hairs. Petals 5, of a pale flesh colour, the
two upper ones broadly obovate, unequal sided, with a
dark spot in the centre, and numerous dark lines branching
nearly all over the petals, below the spot is a white
mark: lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, veined
underneath. Filaments 10, united at the base, 7 bearing
anthers: pollen orange-coloured. Style purple, hairy at
the base, and smooth upwards. Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed
or revolute.