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PELARGONIUM raelancholicum.
Dark-edged Stork’s-bill.
P. melancholicum, foliis cordatis quinquelobis undulatis
niargine subreflexis acute cartilagineo-dentatis utrin-
que villosis, stipulis ovatis, umbellis paucifloris, petalis
superioribus margine incurvis, tubo nectarifero calyce
paulo longiore, stylo glaberrimo.
Stem woody, more or less bent, thickly clothed with
spreading white hairs; branches spreading, villosely
hairy, as is every other part of the plant, except the
corolla. Leaves cordate, rounded at the points, very
much undulate, points and margins generally reflexed;
unequally toothed with numerous rigid, sharp, horny,
brown teeth : lower ones 5 or 7-lobed, and more cordate
at the base : upper ones generally 3-lobed, more
acute, the margins bent inwards, scarcely cordate, and
less undulate. Petioles slender, slightly flattened on the
upper side and convex on the lower. Stipules ovate,
acute, entire, fringed with long white hairs, joined to
the base of the petioles. Umbels two or three-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, a little bent. Bractes 4 to 6,
lanceolate, taper-pointed, a little longer than the pedicles.
Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, acute,
the upper 'one broadest, erect, the others more or less
reflexed. Nectariferous tube a little longer than the
calyx, sometimes half as long again, flattened and keeled
on each side and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, of
a bright orangy scarlet, tinged with dark purple ; the
two upper ones narrowly obovate, the margins curved
inwards, marked with several dark branched veins:
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