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HOAREA violaeflora. 
JVhite Violet-flowered Hoarea. 
H. violceflora, subcaulescens, umbelia composita, foliis 
pinnatifidis ternatisve : segmentis oblongo-lanceo- 
latis glabris integerrimis margine ciliatis : inferi- 
oribus bifidis, petiolis hispidis, petalis concoloribus 
reflexis inferioribus multo minoribus. 
Root tuberous. Stem short and stiff with a scaly 
bark. Leaves pinnatifid or sometimes ternate, seg- 
ments oblongly lanceolate, smooth with entire ciliated 
margins, lower ones bifid. Petioles hispid. Stipules 
lanceolately subulate, joined to the base of the petioles. 
Scape branching. Peduncles long and slender, cylin- 
drical, clothed with soft unequal hairs. Umbels many- 
flowered. Involucre of several linearly subulate bractes. 
Cahjx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, the upper one 
largest, erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube 
sessile, a little flattened on each side and longer than 
the calyx. Petals 5, spatulate, reflexed, all of a pure 
white, the two upper ones much larger than the lower 
ones, which are scarcely longer than the calyx, 
with long slender ungues. Filaments 10, united at 
the base, 5 bearing anthers, the lower one about half 
the length of the others. Pollen pale yellow. Germen 
villous. Style short, smooth. Stigmas 5, pale red, 
reflexed. 
This curious little plant is a native of the Cape, 
from whence it was received last year by Messrs. Col- 
vill, at whose Nursery our drawing was made in May 
last. With the present plant was imported another 
species very similar to it in flower, but of much smaller 
growth and very different foliage. Ano.ther root, that 
