PELARGONIUM coilophyllum.
Hollow-leaved Stork’s-bill.
P. coilophyllum, ramis flexuosis pubescentibus, foliis cor-
datis aeutis concavo-cucullatis rigidis undulatis sub-
septemlobis argute cartilagineo-dentatis glabriuscu-
lis : dentibus eiliatis, stipulis cordato-ovatis acumi-
' natis eiliatis, umbellis multifloris, tubo nectarifero
calyce subæquali.
Childe Harold Geranium. Hortulanorum.
Stem frutescent, rather succulent, clothed with a
close dense pubescence, tinged with purple : branches
a little flexuose, thickly clothed with a short pubescence
and a few longer hairs intermixed. Leaves cordate, acute
hollow or concave, the margins bent a little inwards'
broader than long when spread out, very rigid, generally
7-lobed, and deeply toothed with sharp horny
teeth that are fringed with short hairs, of a bright glossy
green, but clothed with a short pubescence on both
sides, this wears off the old leaves, they then become
nearly smooth, underneath strongly 3-nerved from the
base, the nerves rigid and much branched : upper leaves
scarcely lobed. Petioles flat on the upper side, and
slightly furrowed, convex on the lower one, widened
and thickened at the base, clothed with a short pubescence
and numerous short hairs. Stipules broad, cor-
dately ovate, fringed, and tapering rather abruptly to a
slender point. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical,
more or less bent, swollen at the base, clothed
with short down, and longer, spreading, unequal hairs
intermixed. Involucre of 6 to 8 bractes, that are ovate,
acute, fringed, and pubescent. Pedicles longer than the
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