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PELARGONIUM fastuosum.
Fastuous Stork's-bill.
P . fastuosum, caule erecto robusto villoso, foliis cordatis
acutis quinquelobis irregulariter argute dentatis gla-
briusculis, stipulis ovatis ciliatis breve acuminatis,
umbellis 4-5-floris, petalis apice reflexis, tubo nec-
tarifero calyce breviore, stylo ad medium hirsuto.
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, thickly clothed with
spreading villous hairs, producing but few branches; Leaves cordate, acute, more or less 5-lobed, sharply
toothed with rigid unequal large teeth, terminated in a
straw-coloured point, of a smooth but dullish appearance,
thinly clothed on both sides with short hairs, the
nerves very hairy; lower ones broader than long, and
more obtuse, cucullate towards the base; those nearer
the flowers much longer in proportion, sharp-pointed,
flat, and more deeply lobed. Petioles stout, flat on the
upper side and convex below, widened at the base. Stipules ovate, sometimes toothed, fringed, and terminated
in a short sharp point. Peduncles cylindrical,
clothed with long, spreading, unequal white hairs. Umbels
4 to 5-flowered. Involucre of 6 to 8 broadly ovate,
acute, hairy bractes, that are closely imbricate over
each other at the sides. Pedicles bent, longer than the
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments erect, or spreading
a little, broadly lanceolate, tapering to a sharp point,
viiiosely hairy, more or less tinged with brown. Nectariferous
tube unequal in length, but not so long as the
calyx. Petals 5; the two upper ones broadly obovate,
unequal at the base, of a bright rosy red, with a dark
spot in the centre, below which are v o t. i. several short dark 2 b