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PELARGONIUM clathratum.
Barred-pet aled Stork’s-bill.
P., clathratum, foliis cordatis acutis cucullatis subtrilo-
bis acute inasqualiter dentatis glabriusculis rigidis,
stipulis oblongis acutis, umbellis 3-5-floris, tubo
nectarifero calyce subsequali, stylo hirsutissimo.
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches short
and stout, thickly clothed with leaves, and with long-
spreading woolly hairs. Leaves rigid, cordate, acute,
hollow on the upper side, more or less deeply 3-lobed,
and toothed with sharp but very unequal teeth, some
being long and others very short, smoothish and glossy,
but clothed on both sides with short hairs: strongly
nerved underneath, the nerves very hairy. Petioles
flattened a little, and slightly furrowed on the upper
side, convex below, clothed with long spreading hairs. Stipules variable, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, acute, or
sometimes shortly acuminate, fringed. Umbels 3 to 5-
flowered. Peduncles short and stout, cylindrical, hairy. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, sharp-pointed bractes, clothed
with spreading white hairs. Pedicles about the
length of the bractes, or sometimes nearly double the
length. Calyx 5-cleft, clothed with shortish hairs:
upper segment ovate, acute, three-nerved, erect; the
others narrower and spreading, or the points reflexed,
the lower one broader than the others and three-nerved,
the others keeled. Nectariferous tube about the length
of the calyx, sometimes not so long. Petals 5, all obo-
vate : the two upper ones broadest, rounded at the ends,
very unequal-sided towards the base, where they are
much attenuated ; of a light rosy pink, with a dark vel-
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