PELARGONIUM politum.
Polished Stork's-bill.
P. politum, foliis reniformibus 3-5-lobis denticulatis
utrinque hirsutis margine undulatis, stipulis ovatis
acutis subdentatis villosis, umbellis 3-4-floris, caly-
cibus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali,
stylo subhirsuto.
Stem frutescent, erect, branched: branches erect,
thickly clothed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves
small, broader than long, kidney-shaped, 3 to 5-lobed,
and toothed with small teeth, hairy on both sides, the
margins more or less undulate or curled, strongly and
numerously nerved underneath, the nerves branched
all over the leaf, faintly scented like Lemon : lobes of
the lower ones broad and obtuse: of the upper ones
narrower and more acute. Petioles flattened and furrowed
a little on the upper side, convex below, a little
dilated at the base, thickly clothed with unequal hairs. Stipules small, ovate, acute, sometimes toothed, villosely
hairy. Umbels 3 to 4-flowered. Peduncles stout, cylindrical,
very hairy. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, acute
bractes, that are keeled and villous. Pedicles hairy,
much longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft; the segments
reflexed : upper one much the broadest, ovate,
acute: the others lanceolate. Nectariferous tube about
the length of, or a little longer than the calyx, flattened
on each side, and generally keeled. Petals 5, the two
upper ones much the broadest, broadly obovate, much
attenuated towards the base, very unequal sided, of a
pure white ground, stained nearly all over the upper
part with purple, that is lightest at the edges, at the
base of which is a few short dark stripes, the lower part