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PELARGONIUM rhodopetalon.
Rosy-petaled StorJc’s-bill.
P. rhodopetalon, foliis cordatis 5-7-lobis undulatis carti-
lagineo-grosse-dentatis glabriusculis margine et apice
subrecurvis: lobis latis conduplicatis, stipulis cordato-
ovatis acutis ciliatis, umbellis 4-6-floris, petalis infe-
rioribus oblongis, tubo nectarifero calyce duplo longiore.
Stem strong, frutescent, woody towards the base, much
branched, forming a large handsome bush: branches more
or less flexuose, thickly clothed with spreading hairs, that
are unequal in length. Leaves broader than long, cordate,
5 to 7-lobed, undulate, and toothed with large sharp cartilaginous
teeth, of a glossy green, but hairy on both sides,
strongly and numerously nerved underneath, the nerves
branching all over the leaf; margins and point more or
less reflexed: lobes broad, conduplicate, or folding over
each other. Petioles flattened on the upper side and convex
on the lower, widened and thickened at the base, thickly
clothed with spreading villous hairs, as are the peduncles,
bractes, calyx, and nectariferous tube. Stipules cordately
ovate, acute, fringed. Umbels 4 to 6-flowered. Peduncles
cylindrical, more or less bent. Involucre of 6 small lanceolate,
acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles longer than the
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, acute,
upper one largest and keeled, erect or slightly reflexed at
ferous the point;tube the points of all the others reflexed. Nectari
double the length of the calyx, flattened on
each side and tapering downwards, but gibbous at the base. Petals 5, of a bright rosy colour, the two upper ones
obovate, very unequal sided, elegantly marked with numerous
dark purple lines, that are much branched: lower
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