PELARGONIUM exquisitum.
Dainty-flowered Stork’s-bill.
P. exquisitum, caule ramoso villoso, foliis cordatis3-5-
lobis hirsutis planis obtusis apice recurvis : lobis
sublobatis inæqualiter rigide dentatis, stipulis cor-
dato-ovatis acuminatis, umbellis 4-5-floris, pedicellis
bracteis longioribus, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo
nectarifero calyce subæquali, stylo hirsuto.
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches rather
slender, thickly clothed with unequal spreading villous
hairs, as are the petioles, stipules, peduncles, bractes,
and calyx. Leaves cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, flat or scarcely
undulate, obtuse, the points more or less reflexed,
thickly clothed with short hairs on both sides : lobes
sometimes slightly lobed, and toothed with numerous
short, broadish, unequal teeth: underneath strongly
and numerously nerved, the nerves branching all over
the leaf. Petioles flattened on the upper side and convex
below, widened a little at the base. Stipules cor-
dately ovate, taper-pointed, villosely hairy. Umbels four
to five flowered. Peduncles rather long, cylindrical. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, taper-pointed bractes. Pedicles
more than twice the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft;
the segments lanceolate, taper-pointed : upper one
broadest, erect, the others spreading, and the points
more or less reflexed. Nectariferous tube about the
length of the calyx, sometimes rather longer. Petals
5, all obovate, white with a very faint tinge of blush :
the two upper ones broadest, much tapering to the base,
very unequal-sided, with a bright deep purple spot in