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HOAREA carinata. 
JBoat'Jlowered Hoarea. 
H. carinata, acaulis, scapo diviso, umbellis capitatis 
congestis depressis, floribiis nutantibus, foliis bi- 
pinnatis hirsutis : foliolis pinnatifido-laciaiatis mul- 
tifidis subdentatis, petalis superioribus refractis; 
inferioribus concavis conniventibus. 
fHoarea carinata. Colv. catal, ed.2. p. 21. coLS, 
Pelargonium carinatum. Wendl. collect, c. ic. 
Pelargonium rapaceum : var. lutea. Botan. magaz. 
1877. 
Geranium selinum, Jiavum. Andrews's ge7'an. excltis. 
I foliis. 
Root tuberous, carrot-like, branching out into nu- 
merous other tubers. Stem none. Leaves very long, 
bipinnate, thickly clothed with long woolly hairs : 
leaflets pinnatifid or laciniate ; segments divided or 
I sometimes simple, entire or toothed, bluntish. Peti-> 
oles flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, widened at the base, thickly clothed with woolly 
spreading hairs. Stipules lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
I joined to the base of the petioles. Scape divided a 
little above the base. Peduncles long, many-flowered, 
clothed with long spreading hairs. Umbels compact, 
forming a close depressed head with its nodding flowers* 
Involucre of numerous subulate, fringed bractes. Calyx 
I 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, all reflexed. Nectarife^ 
rous tube curved downwards, flattened on each side, 
about twice the length of the calyx. Petals 5, of o. 
light yellow colour, the two upper ones spatulate, con- 
cave, bent back from about the middle like rabbit's 
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