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HOAREA elegans. 
Elegant Hoarea. 
H. elegans, acaulis, umbella composita, foliis inferiori- 
bus simplicibus ovatis obliquis ternatisque ; supe- 
rioribus pinnatis pilosis : foliolis oppositis oblongo- 
ovatis obtusis, pedunculis elongatis filiformibus, 
tubo nectarifero calyce triplo longiori. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves variable, co- 
vered on both sides with white downy hairs ; lower 
ones ovate, oblique, or sometimes ternate ; upper ones 
pinnate : leaflets opposite, oblongly ovate, entire, very 
blunt and nearly sessile, the three terminal ones joined 
at the base, the upper one much the largest. Petioles 
slightly flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, thickly clothed with close-pressed canescent 
hairs. Stipules linear, membranaceous, fringed, and 
joined to the base of the petioles. Scape branching, 
thickly clothed with unequal canesceiit hairs, as are 
the peduncles and calyx. Peduncles very long and 
slender, cylindrical. Umbels of an elegant form, many- 
flowered. Involucre of numerous linear, taper- pointed, 
fringed bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, 
with membranaceous margins, the upper one erect, 
the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube about three 
times the length of the calyx, slightly flattened on 
each side, sessile. Petals 5, spreading, distinct at the 
base, of a bright crimson, the two upper ones reflexed 
from about the middle, spatulately ligulate, with long 
white ungues that are spotted on the upper part ; lower 
ones narrowly spatulate. Filaments 10, united into a 
tube, 5 only bearing anthers, the upper one about half 
the length of the lower ones ; sterile ones subulate and 
