PELARGONIUM altum.
Tall upright Stork’s-bill.
P. altum, caule erecto ramoso altissimo, foliis cordatis
undulatis subtrifidis : segmentis obtusis lobatis lato-
dentatis utrinque hirsutis, stipulis ovatis acumina-
tis ciliatis, umbellis 4-5-floris, tubo nectarifero ca-
lyce duplo longiore.
Stem frutescent, erect, growing to a great height, and
producing several upright elongated branches: branches
thickly clothed with unequal soft spreading woolly
hairs. Leaves deeply 3-parted, cordate at the base, undulate,
hollow on the upper side, and toothed with numerous
broad flat teeth, that are scarcely acute, hairy
on both sides, strongly nerved underneath, the nerves
branched; lower leaves not so deeply divided as the
upper ones, but more lobed; lower segments generally
2-lobed, the terminal one 3 to 5-lobed; the lobes obtuse,
of a bright but light green. Petioles a little flattened
on the upper side and rounded on the lower, widened
a little at the base, clothed with soft spreading
hairs. Stipules broadly ovate, taper-pointed, hairy and
fringed. Peduncles cylindrical, thickly clothed with soft
spreading unequal hairs, as are the bractes, pedicles,
calyx, and nectariferous tube. Umbels generally 4 or 5-
flowered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate acute fringed villous
bractes. Pedicles longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft,
the segments lanceolate, scarcely acute, the upper one
broadest, erect, concave, the others spreading, or their
points slightly reflexed. Nectariferous tube generally
twice the length of the calyx, sometimes only half as
long again. Petals 5, the two upper ones broadest, cu-
neate, dark red, tinged with purple, and marked with
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