PELARGONIUM contiguum.
Contiguous Stork's-bill.
P . contiguum, foliis cordatis quinquelobis cartilagineo-
dentatis utrinque villosis apice recurvis, stipulis ob-
longo-lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis, umbellis 3-5-
floris, tubo nectarifero calyce sesquilongiore, stylo
inferne hirsuto.
Stem frutescent, not much branched: branches rather
flexuose, villosely hairy. Leaves broader than long, cordate,
scarcely acute, rigid, 5-lobed, and toothed with
large, broad, rigid teeth, points reflexed, as are sometimes
the lobes, densely clothed with white villous hairs
on both sides, underneath strongly nerved, the nerves
branching; lobes sometimes slightly lobed again. Petioles
flattened on the upper side and convex below,
thickened at the base, densely hairy. Stipules large,
broadly lanceolate, tapering to a slender point, broad
at the base, villosely hairy and fringed. Umbels from
3 to 5-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, villous. Involucre
of from 6 to 8 lanceolate, acute, villous, fringed
bractes, that are more or less connected at the base. Pedicles about the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft;
the segments lanceolate, acute, villous; upper one broadest,
erect, 3-nerved ; the others more or less reflexed at
the points. Petals spreading; the 2 upper ones obovate,
unequal-sided, of a bright orangy scarlet, with a faint
mark in the centre, and below it are several pale lines,
a little branched; lower petals ligulate, of rather a lighter
colour, strongly veined at the back. Filaments 10, con-
vol. i. u