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PELARGONIUM staphysagroides.
Stavesacre-leaved Stork’ s-bill.
P. staphysagroides, caule fruticoso subramoso, ramis fo-
liis calycibusque villoso-pilosis, foliis cordatis villo-
sis mollissimis profunde 3-5-lobis acutis: inferiori-
bus 5-lobis rigidis; lobis divarieatis oblongis inae-
qualitersinuato-dentatis: superioribustrilobis; lobis
ovatis subintegerrimis, umbellis multifloris panicu-
latis, petalis apice incisis, stylo undique piloso.
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, of a woody texture,
clothed with rough ■ brown bark, producing but few
branches; every part of the plant thickly clothed with
soft woolly hairs. Leaves variable, very soft to the
touch, slightly cordate, deeply 3 or 5-lobed, the lobes
divaricately spreading, strongly nerved underneath,
with numerous rigid branching nerves; lobes acute:
lower leaves deeply 5-lobed, or rarely 6-lobed, somewhat
cucullateon the upper side, the margins folded
inwards; lobes oblong, sinuately and unequally toothed,
those higher up the stem entire: upper leaves deeply
3-lobed, the lobes broader, ovate, and generally entire. Petioles much flattened on the upper side, convex below,
dilated a little at the base. Stipules lanceolate, the
lower ones very long, and attenuated to a long slender
point. Umbels many-flowered, in a terminal panicle. Peduncles short, cylindrical. Involucre of several brac-
tes, that are broad at the base, and terminate in a long
slender point. Pedicles about the length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, tapering to a
long slender point, spreading when the flower is expanded,
upper one tinged with brown, the others green.