PELARGONIUM Littleanum.
Mr. Littles Stork's-bill.
P. Littleanum, foliis cordato-reniformibus obsolete quin-
quelobis inæqualiter rigide dentatis ciliatis glabrius-
culis margine subrecurvis : superioribus acutis basi
cuneatis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, umbellis pluri-
floris, tubo nectarifero calyce villoso subæquali,
stylo basi ad medium hirsuto.
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches
thickly clothed with long spreading villous hairs, as are
the petioles, stipules, peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Leaves slightly 5-lobed, and toothed with numerous
unequal sharp rigid teeth, of a smooth glossy appearance,
though thinly clothed with hairs on both sides
and fringed at the margins, sides more or less reflexed,
underneath numerously nerved: lower leaves kidney-
formed, rounded at the points, very slightly lobed;
those higher up cordate, more acute and deeper lobed:
upper ones wedge-shaped at the base, acute, the lobes
and teeth also sharper. Petioles flattened on the upper
side and furrowed a little, convex below, a little widened
at the base. Stipules ovate, abruptly tapering to a point,
fringed, and occasionally toothed. Umbels 5 to 7-flowered.
Peduncles cylindrical, thickened a little at the
base. Lnvolucre of 6 to 8 bractes, that are ovate, abruptly
acute, keeled, and generally more or less connected
at the base. Pedicles more than double the length
of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments very long,
lanceolate, tapering to a long sharp point, keeled, tinged
with brown, the upper one rather broadest, 3-nerved,
erect or spreading a little at the points; the others all
reflexed, when the flowers are expanded. Petals 5, very