PELARGONIUM glabrescens.
Smoothish-leaved Stork’s-bill.
P. glabrescens, foliis cordato-reniformibus subcucullatis
glabriusculis insequaliter argute cartilagineo-denta-
tis, stipulis lato-cordatis ciliatis,, umbellis multi-
floris, petalis omnibus obovatis, tubo nectarifero
calyce duplo breviore.
Stem frutescent, stout, erect, branching: branches
erect or but slightly spreading, thickly clothed with
short horizontally spreading hairs, and a few longer
ones intermixed, the short ones all tipped with minute
glands. Leaves much broader than long, cordately re-
niform, somewhat cucullate or hollow on the upper
side, appearing quite smooth to the naked eye, but
thickly clothed with short hairs when held up to the
light, or examined by a lens; sharply and deeply
toothed with numerous cartilaginous teeth, that are
very unequal in size, the margins fringed with very
short hairs; strongly nerved underneath, the nerves
branching over the leaves, but not so numerous as in
most others: upper leaves sharper and not so broad,
more hairy, and the teeth longer. Petioles flattened,
and furrowed a little on the upper side, convex below,
also thickly clothed with short hairs and a few longer
ones intermixed, as is also the peduncles, pedicles, calyx,
and nectariferous tube. Stipules broadly cordate,
sometimes toothed, fringed with long soft hairs. Peduncles
long, and rather slender, nearly cylindrical, a
little thickened, and transparent at the base. Umbels
many-flowered. Involucre of numerous broad cordately-
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