PELARGONIUM atrovirens.
Dark green-leaved Stork; s-bill.
P. atrovirens, caule frutescente ramoso ; ramis glaberri-
mis subflexuosis, foliis cordatis acutiusculis quin-
quelobis margine undulatis serrato-dentatis atrovi-
ridibus, stipulis bvatis acuminatis carinatis ciliatis,
umbellis multifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo
breviore, stylo hirsuto.
Stem frutescent, much branched: branches somewhat
flexuose, rather succulent, smooth and glossy, though
thickly clothed with very short pellucid hairs, scarcely
visible without the help of a lens. Leaves numerous, of
a dark green, cordate, 5-lobed, the lobes sometimes
again lobed, more or less acute, very much undulate at
the edges, and serrately toothed with unequal sharp
rigid teeth, strongly nerved underneath, which occasions
numerous furrows on the upper side, smooth
and glossy on both sides, but clothed with numerous
short pellucid hairs that are scarcely visible, except
held up to the light. Petioles flattened and slightly furrowed
on the upper side, convex below, thinly hairy. Stipules ovate, tapering to a slender point, keeled down
the back, and fringed at the edges. Umbels 4 to 7-flow-
ered. Peduncles rather long and slender, somewhat compressed,
thickened at the base, thinly clothed with
pellucid hairs. Involucre of 6 to 8 bractes, that are ovate,
keeled at the back, terminated in a sharp mucrone, and
fringed. Pedicles very long and slender, thickly clothed
with short gland-like hairs, and some longer ones intermixed.
Calyx 5-cleft; the segments oblongly lanceolate,
tariferous taper-tube pointed, 3-nerved, hairy, and fringed. Nec
about half the length of the calyx. Petals
5, of a pale blush, or nearly white; the 2 upper
u 2