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HOAREA rosea. 
Rose-coloured Hoarea. 
H. rosea, acaule, foliis laciniato-lobatis obtusis dentatis to- 
mentosis, scapo simplici longissimo, umbellis multi- 
floris, petalis concoloribus inferioribus multo minoribus, 
tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo quadruple longiore. 
Hoarea rosea. Swt. hort. hrit. p. —. n. 62. inedit. 
Supra, Jig. 1. 
Pelargonium roseum. DC. prodr. 1. p. 651. r*. 31. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. i?. 4. p. 16 1. 
Pelargonium condensatum. Pers. syn. 2. p. 227. 
Geranium roseum. Andrews's reposit. t. 173. 
Root tuberous. Stemless. Leaves crowning the root, 
radiately spreading, sinuately lobed, very blunt, more or 
less toothed with blunt rounded teeth, and clothed with a 
white downy tomentum. Petioles furrowed on the upper 
side and rounded on the lower, clothed with soft spreading 
hairs, as are the scapes, pedicles, and calyx. Scape very 
long, simple, nearly cylindrical. Umbel compact, many 
flowered. Involucre of several linear, acute, fringed 
bractes. Pedicles short, about the length, or scarcely as 
long as the bractes. Cali/x 5 -cleft, segments lanceolate, 
the upper one erect, concave; the others reflexed. Nec- 
tariferous tube unequal in length, from 3 to 4 times as 
long as the calyx. Petals 5, of a bright rose colour, the 
2 upper ones much the largest, pbovate, slightly emarginate, 
a litde recurved ; lower ones spatulately oblong, obtuse, 
spreading. Stamens 10, united in a tube, 5 only bearing 
anthers. Style flesh-coloured, longer than the stamens. 
Stiscmas 5, more or less reflexed. 
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