PELARGONIUM Annesleyanum.
Miss Annesleys Stork's-bill.
P. Annesleyanum, ramis petiolis pedunculis calycibus-
que villosis, foliis cordatis 7-9-lobis inciso-dentatis
undulatis utrinque pilosis: superioribus acutis, sti-
pulis cordato-ovatis acuminatis, umbellis plurifloris,
bracteis pedicellis longioribus,tubo nectarifero calyce
longissimo dimidio breviore, stylo basi subhirsuto.
Stem frutescent, branching : branches thickly clothed
with soft, spreading, villous hairs, as are the petioles,
stipules, peduncles, bractes, pedicles, and calyx. Leaves
cordate, 7 to 9-lobed, deeply and sharply but irregularly
cut and toothed, the teeth horny and rigid, terminating
in a sharp point, more or less undulate, thickly
clothed with short hairs on both sides; underneath
numerously nerved, the nerves much leaves branched; lower generally 9-lobed, the points scarcely acute, between
kidney-shaped and heart-shaped: upper ones
from 7 to 5-lobed, sharp-pointed, cuneate at the base. Petioles flattened on the upper side and convex below. Stipules ovate, taper-pointed, the upper ones more or
less cordate. Umbels several-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical.
Involucre of several lanceolate, taper-pointed,
keeled bractes. Pedicles shorter than the bractes. Calyx
5-cleft; the segments very long and narrow, lanceolate,
tapering to a long slender point. Nectariferous tube about
half the length of the calyx, flattened on each side, and
somewhat gibbous at the base. Petals 5 : the two upper
ones largest, obovate, very unequal-sided, attenuated
towards the base, of a bright pale red, with a dark vel