PELARGONIUM implicatum.
Implicated Stork’s-bill.
P. implicatum, foliis rotundo-reniformibus denticulatis
mollissime pilosis, stipulis oblongo-lanceolatis acu-
minatis, umbellis plurifloris, pedicellis bracteis lon-
gioribus, tubo nectarifero brevissimo calyce quadruple
breviore, stylo hirsutissimo.
Stem frutescent, erect, much branched: branches
more or less spreading, thickly clothed with villous
hairs, as.are the petioles, peduncles, and calyx. Leaves
roundly kidney-formed, not lobed, or but very slightly,
flat or but slightly undulate, toothed with numerous
very short teeth, thickly clothed with numerous short
soft hairs on both sides, which give them a very soft
feel to the touch. Petioles flattened on the upper side
and convex below. Stipules oblong or oblongly lanceolate,
taper-pointed, villous. Umbels several-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate,
taper-pointed, villous bractes. Pedicles longer than the
bractes. Flowers pale purple, generally monstrous, the
stamens being more or less changed into petals. Calyx
5-cleft; the segments very long and narrow, lanceolate,
tapering to a slender point, the upper one rather broadest,
erect, the others spreading at the points. Nectariferous
tube very short, about four times shorter than
the calyx. Petals purple, the two upper ones broadest,
obovate, unequal sided, with a darker purple patch in
the centre, below which branch some dark purple lines:
lower petals oblong, rounded at the points, pale purple. Stamens 10, connected at the base, the greater part of
which are generally turned into a sort of petals. Style