PELARGONIUM argutum.
Sharp-toothed Stork's-hill.
P. argutum, foliis cordatis obsolete lobatis argute inaequa-
. liter dentatis glabriusculis, marginibus et apice recurvis,
stipulis cordato-ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, umbellis pau-
cifloris, petalis obovatis, tubo nectarifero calyce subae- quali.
Pelargonium argutum. Swt.n. 410. hart. brit. addenda, p. 471
Stem shrubby, compact, branching: branches erector
slightly flexuose, clothed with unequal spreading hairs, as
are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves cordate, rigid,
slightly 5-lobed, and deeply toothed with numerous unequal
sharp rigid teeth, margins more or less undulate, and
with the points a little recurved, of a darkish green, smooth
and glossy, underneath strongly nerved, the nerves triter-
nate and thinly hairy. Petioles flattened on the upper side
and convex on the lower, widened at the base. Stipules
cblreosad, cordately ovate, taper-pointed and ciliate. Pedun
few-flowered. Involucre generally consisting of 6 brac-
dteisc,l ewshich are lanceolate, acute, concave, and ciliate. Pe
unequal in length, sometimes longer, and others not
so long as the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments erect or a
little spreading, the points slightly reflexed, lanceolate, acute,
keeled, and ciliate. Nectariferous tube about the length of
the calyx, sometimes a little longer, and rarely rather shorter. Petals 5, all obovate, of alight salmon colour,the two upper
ones broadest, very unequal-sided, with a faint red mark
in the centre, and several purple lines between it and the
base, which are scarcely branched. Filaments 10, united