PELARGONIUM concretum.
Compounded Stork’s-bill.
P. concretum, caule flexuoso ramoso; ramis. villosis, fo-
liis cordatis quinquelobis obtusis undulatis cartilagineo-
dentatis utrinque villoso-tomentosis, stipulis ovato-lan-
ceolatis acutis ciliatis, pedunculis subquadrifloris, pe-
talis superioribus obovato-cuneatis, tubo nectarifero ca-
lyee villoso duplo longiore.
Stem frutescent, much branched, more or less flexuose;
branches thickly clothed with unequal, spreading, villous
hairs, as are the petioles, peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous
tube. Leaves cordate, 5 or sometimes 7-lobed, bluntly
rounded, very much undulate, and toothed with unequal,
broad, bluntish teeth, that are terminated in a short, acute,
brown, horny point, densely clothed on both sides with a
short villous wool, that makes them very soft to the touch:
lobes bluntly rounded, or somewhat acute while the leaves
are young. Petioles flattened on the upper side, and convex
below, thickened at the base. Stipules ovatelv lanceolate,
acute, fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, generally 4-
flowered. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate, acute, villous
fringed bractes. Pedicles villous, about the length of
the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the upper segments broadest,
erect, broadly lanceolate, acute, keeled; the others narrower
and shorter, and more or less reflexed at the points.
Nectariferous tube about double the length of the calyx,
much flattened at each side, and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the 2 upper ones obovately cuneate, of a bright, dark
fiery scarlet, marked from below with several dark branched
lines; the 3 lower ones ligulate, slightly crenulate, of a lighter
colour, with 2 or 3 darker veins from the base. Filaments
10, united at the base, 7 bearing anthers: pollen orange