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HOAREA ColviHii. 
ColvilVs Ho area. 
H. ColvilUi, subacaule, radice tuberoso, foliis ternatis pin- 
natifidisque utrinque hirsutis : foliolis inferioribus bilo- 
bis ; lobis cuneatis rotundato-dentatis : terminali maximo 
ovato sinuato-lobato obtuse dentato, scapo folioso ra- 
mose, ^ umbellis multifloris, petalis patentibus, tubo 
nectarifero calyce duplo longiore. 
Hoarea Colvillii. Swt. hort. brit. p. — . n. 38. 
Root tuberous. Stem none, or very short. Leaves 
embracing each other and spreading in a radiate form, ter- 
nate, or pinnatifid, very hairy on both sides : lower leaflets 
2-lobed, lobes cuneate, spreading, rounded at the points, 
and toothed with 2 or 3 large bluntly rounded teeth ; ter- 
minal leaflet very large, ovate, sinuately lobed, and toothed 
with large bluntly rounded teeth. Petioles very hairy, 
much flattened on the upper side and rounded on the lower,' 
widened at the base. Stipules broadly lanceolate, taper- 
pointed, joined to the base of the petioles. Scape long, 
branching, leafy at the base of the peduncles, thickly 
clothed with long spreading white hairs, as are the pedun- 
cles and calyx. Peduncles long, cylindrical. Umbels 
many-flowered. Involucre of numerous narrowly lan- 
ceolate, acute, villous bractes. Pedicles unequal in length, 
some as long, others not half the length of the bractes! 
Cali/x 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, bluntish, the upper 
one broadest, erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous 
tube slender, flattened on each side, about twice the length 
of the calyx. Petals 5, spreading, of a bright crimson, 
tinged and marked with dark brown : upper ones broadly 
