PELARGONIUM prEeclarum.
Clear-coloured Stork’s-bill.
P. prceclarum, ramis villoso-pilosis, foliis cordato-ova-
tis acutis sublobatis serrato-dentatis margine undu-
latis utrinque molliter hirsutis, stipulis ovatis acutis,
umbellis subquadrifloris, petalis omnibus obovatis,
pedicellisbracteis longioribus, tubo nectarifero calyce
villoso subæquali, stylo pilosissimo.
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches
densely clothed with soft villous hairs, as are the petioles,
peduncles, and calyx. Leaves rather small,
cordately ovate, acute, more or less lobed with short
lobes, densely clothed with short soft hairs on both sides,
and serrately toothed with numerous small teeth, the
margins undulate, underneath strongly nerved. Petioles
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower. Stipules ovate, acute, villous. Umbels 3 or 4-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate
acute villous bractes. Pedicles longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments lanceolate, taper-pointed,
keeled ; the upper one rather largest, erect; the others
spreading, or slightly reflexed. Nectariferous tube about
the length of or scarcely so long as the calyx, flattened
on each side, and somewhat gibbous at the base. Petals
allobovate, of a clear white; the two upper ones largest,
unequal-sided a little, somewhat plaited, the margins
rather uneven, marked with a large bright dark purple
patch in the centre, from the lower part of which branch
some short bright purple lines; lower petals pure white,