PELARGONIUM instratum.
Spreading-spotted Stork’s-bill.
P. instratum, foliis reniformibus acutis acute quinque-
lobis rigidis dentatis utrinque hirsutis subtus mul-
tmerviis; superioribus basi cuneatis, stipulis acumi-
natis basi dilatatis, umbellis plurifloris,'calycibus re-
flexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali, stylo hir-
Stem frutescent, erect, branched: branches thickly
clothed with spreading woolly hairs, as are the petioles,
peduncles, bractes, and calyx. leaves tlat or nearly so,
reniform, acute, 5-lobed, rigid, and toothed with numerous
sharp rigid teeth, hairy on both sides, numerously
nerved underneath, the nerves branching nearly all over
the leaf; lobes acute : upper leaves cuneate at the base. Petioles flattened and furrowed on the upper side, convex
below. Stipules broad at the base, terminated in a
long sharp point, hairy and fringed. Umbels several-
flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, elongated. Involucre
of 6 lanceolate, taper-pointed bractes. Pedicles a little
longer than the bractes, sometimes nearly twice the
length. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments lanceolate, taper-
pointed ; the upper one broadest, spreading or nearly
erect; the others all reflexed or their points revolute.
Nectariferous tube about the length of the calyx, flattened
on each side, villosely hairy. Petals 5, pure white •
the two upper ones broadly obovate, rounded at the ends’
unequal-sided, marked with a very large dark purple
spot in the centre, that spreads nearly over the petals
and is palest on the outside, below it are a few purple
lines : three lower ones oblong, inclining to oval; pure
white. Filaments 10, connected at the base, 7 bearing