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HOAREA ovalifolia. 
Oval-leaved Hoarea. 
H. ovalifolia, umbellis simplicibiis compositisve, foliis 
ovalibus obtusis planis aut margiiie involutis inte- 
gerrimis hirsutis, petalis lineaiibus undulatis tortis. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves growing in a 
radiate form, widely oval, obtuse, entire, thickly co- 
vered and fringed with long white hairs, strongly 
nerved underneath ; some quite flat, others involute. 
Petioles longer than the leaf, thickly clothed with 
white unequal hairs. Stipules membranaceous, attached 
to the base of the petioles, and terminating in a subu- 
late point. Scapes cylindrical, very hairy, either simple 
or sometimes divided, with leafy bractes at the base of 
the peduncles. Umbels many-flowered. Peduncles cy- 
lindrical, thickly clothed with white unequal hairs, as 
are the calyx and nectariferous tube. Involucre of seve- 
ral subulately linear fringed bractes. Cali^x 5-cleft, 
upper segment lanceolate, concave, erect, the others 
linear and reflected, with membranaceous margins. 
Nectariferous tube sessile, slightly flattened on each 
side. Petals 5, linear, much waved, generally twisted, 
white, 2 upper ones rather widest with a pale pink line 
near the base of each. Filaments 10, united into a 
tube, 5 of nearly the same length, and all bearing an- 
thers ; barren filaments curved inwards like the others 
of this section. Germen and arista^ hairy. Style haii-y, 
purple. Stigmas 5, very slender, red and reflexed.^ 
This plant has a near affinity with Geranium undu- 
latum of Andrews's Botanist's Repository, n. 292; but 
that is figured and described with lanceolate leaves, 
and if the dissections at the bottom of his figure be 
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