PELARGONIUM calliston.
Graceful Storlcs-bill.
P. calliston, roliis cordatis palmatim 7-9-lobis undulatis
utrinque hirsutis ciliatis: lobis obtusiusculis obtuse
dentatis apice recurvis, stipulis oblongis acuminatis,
umbellis 3-5-floris, petalis cuneatis, tubo nectarifero
caljce reflexo subaequali.
Stem frutescent, erect, branched; branches erect, thickly
clothed with spreading villous hairs. Leaves palmately 7 to
9-lobed, very much undulate or curled at the margins, hairy
on both' sides, roughish, strongly scented like balm : lobes
spreading, oblong, bluntish, and toothed with short blunt
teeth, more or less recurved at the points. Petioles slightly
flattened on the upper side and rounded on the lower,
swollen and dilated at the base, thickly clothed with spreading
unequal villous hairs, as are the peduncles, bractes,
calyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules oblong, variable
in size, some ovate, others lanceolate, tapering to a sharp
point, fringed, sometimes connected at the base on the
upper part of the stem. Umbels from 3 to 5-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical, swollen and transparent at the base. Involucre of 6 unequal bractes, some ovate, others lanceolate,
taper-pointed, keeled, more or less connected at
the base. Pedicles short, scarcely more than half the
length of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate,
acute; the upper one broadest, erect: the others all
reflexed. Petals 5, cuneate; the two upper ones largest,
unequal sided, reflexed from about the middle, strongly
2-nerved at the back, the nerves much branched, of a
bright salmon colour, tinged with a redder hue, and each
marked with 2 purple lines, that are more or less branched,
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