PELARGONIUM graphicum.
Written-petaled Stork s-bill.
P. graphicum, foliis reniformibus obsolete trilobis planius-
culis acute denticulatis utrinque molliter hirsutis, stipulis
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis villoso-ciliatis, umbellis pluri-
floris, petalis venosis, tubo nectarifero calyce acuminato
multo breviore.
Stem frutescent, branching: branches long, thickly
clothed with spreading villous hairs, that are very unequal
in length. Leaves kidney-shaped*'..slightly 3-lobed, much
broader than long, rounded, sharply toothed with small
rigid teeth, that vary considerably in size, thickly clothed
with soft hairs on both sides, that makes them very soft to the
touch, prominently veined underneath, with many branching
veins, that extend out, and form the longest teeth. Petioles
flattened on the upper side and convex on the lower,
thickly clothed with spreading unequal villous hairs, as are
the peduncles, bractes, and calyx. Stipules oblongly or
ovately lanceolate, acute, villosely fringed. Peduncles cylindrical.
Umbels 5 to 7-flowered. Flowers purple lilac,
striped with dark purple. Involucre of 6 bractes, that are
sometimes connected below; the bractes lanceolate, tapering
to a slender point. Pedicles about the length of, or a
little longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments
long, lanceolate, tapering to a point, spreading when the
flower is expanded. Nectariferous tube much shorter
than the calyx, but unequal in length, flattened on each
side and gibbous at the base, pale purple. Petals 5, the
two upper ones obovate, unequal-sided, tapering to the
base, a little reflexed from about the middle, undulate at
the margins, of a purple lilac, with a bright purple patch