P . plectophyllum, villoso-pilosum, foliis cordatis 7-9-lo-
bis insequaliter grosse dentatis; lobis sublobatis im-
bricato-plicatis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis ciliatis,
umbellis multifloris, tubo nectarifero calyce subduplo
longiore.
Ali Pacha Geranium. Hortulanorum.
Stem frutescent, branching, thickly clothed with villous
hairs, as is every part of the plant except the
corolla. Leaves cordate, acute, deeply 7 to 9-lobed, and
toothed with numerous large teeth, rather hollow on the
upper side, strongly 3-nerved underneath, the nerves
much branched, very soft to the touch, feeling like
woollen cloth, owing to the numerous villous hairs with
which both sides are covered: lobes imbricate, more or
less plaited and folded over each other, slightly lobed
again sometimes, the margins more or less curled or undulate.
Petioles flattened a little and slightly furrowed
on the upper side, dilated and thickened a little at the
base. Stipules large, ovate, tapering to a slender point,
and fringed. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles cylindrical,
much swollen at the base. Involucre of 6 or 7 lanceolate,
taper-pointed, fringed bractes. Pedicles about the
length of, or sometimes rather longer than the bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, the segments reflexed, lanceolate, acute,
keeled ; the upper one largest. Nectariferous tube about
twice the length of the calyx, flattened and furrowed on
each side, gibbous at the base. Petals 5, the two upper
ones broadest, obovate, unequal-sided, scarlet, tinged or
stained with black, and producing numerous black
branching lines from the base : lower petals of a lighter
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