PELARGONIUM Humei.
Sir Abraham Humés Stork' s-bill.
P. Humei, foliis reniformibus quinquelobis undulatis carti-
lagineo-dentatis utrinque pilosis, stipulis cordato-ovatis
subdentatis villoso-ciliatis, umbellis 4-5-floris, petalis
obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso subæquali v. parum breviore.
Pelargonium Humei. Swt. hort. brit. addenda.
Stem shrubby, erect, thickly clothed with villous hairs,
branching: branches erect, or a little spreading, villosely
hairy, as are the petioles, peduncles, and stipules. Leaves
kidney-shaped, much broader than long, slightly 5-lobed,
very much undulate, rigidly toothed with sharp horny teeth,
hairy on both sides, of a lively green colour, underneath
strongly 3-nerved, the nerves branching. Petioles flattened
on the upper side and rounded on the lower, a little
thicker at the base. Stipules broadly cordate or ovate,
acute, often toothed, villous and fringed. Peduncles cylindrical,
generally 4 or 5-flowered. Involucre of 5 or 6
bractes, which are ovate, acute, thickly clothed with villous
hairs, and fringed. Pedicles longer than the bractes, more
or less bent, unequally villous. Calyx 5-cleft, densely villous
; segments long, lanceolate, acute, tinged with brown;
all erect, or the points slightly spreading. Nectariferous tube about the length of, or a little shorter than the calyx,
flattened on both sides and gibbous at the base, of the same
colour as the calyx. Petals 5, all obovate, the two upper
ones broadest, oblique at the base, of a dark purplish crimson,
marked from the base with several black lines, that are
more or less branched, 2-nerved at the back, the nerves
branched: lower petals of a lighter purple, veined with 4
redder veins, that are a little branched. Filaments 10,