PELARGONIUM picturatum.
Pictured Stork’s-bill.
P . picturatum, caule fruticoso ramosissimo: ramisgraci-
libus erectis, foliis cordatis trilobis insequaliter acute
denticulatis utrinque hirsutis: lobis sublobatis, sti-
pulis lanceolatis acutis, umbellis 3-4-floris, tubo
nectarifero calyce subsequali.
Stem frutescent, tall and erect, much branched : branches slender, erect, thickly clothed with short hairs
and some long spreading ones intermixed. Leaves cordate,
three-lobed, scarcely acute, broader than long,
slightly undulate, and toothed with innumerable small
teeth, that are acute and very unequal in size, clothed
with short hairs on both sides, underneath many-nerved,
the nerves much branched: lobes sometimes slightly
lobed, the terminal one largest. Petioles flattened on
the upper side and convex on the lower, a little widened
at the base, hairy. Stipules lanceolate, acute, fringed. Peduncles long and slender, cylindrical. Umbels 3 or 4-
flowered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate, acute, hairy and
fringed bractes. Pedicles more than double the length
of the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments lanceolate,
taper-pointed : upper one erect, the others spreading
or their points reflexed, very hairy and fringed. Nectariferous
tube about the length of the calyx, flattened
on each side and gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the two
upper ones obovate, very unequal sided, white with a
large dark purple patch in the centre, and numerous
purple lines that branch into each other and extend all
over the petals: lower petals oblong, obtuse, white,
veined with purple lines. Filaments 10, united at the