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HO ARE A atrosanguinea. 
Dark Crimson- coloured Hoarea. 
H* atrosanguinea f acaulis, umbella composita, foliis 
inferioribus simplicibus ovatis ; superioribus pinna- 
. tifidis pinnatisque utrinque hirsutis : foliolis oppo- 
sitis alternisque oblongo-ovatis obtusis integerrimis^ 
petalis patentibus. 
Root tuberous. -Stem none. Le«i;e.y crowning the 
root in a radiate form, very hairy on each side ; lower 
ones simple, roundly ovate, obtuse, rarely toothed ; 
upper ones pinnatifid or pinnate and thickly clothed 
with hairs on both sides : leaflets opposite or alternate, 
oblongly ovate, obtuse, entire. Petioles a little flat- 
tened on the upper side and convex on the lower, 
widened at the base, thickly clothed with long white 
hairs, as are the peduncles, calyx, and nectariferous 
tube. Stipules subulate, fringed, joined to the base of 
the petioles. Scape branching, leafy at the base of the 
cylindrical peduncles. Umbels many-flowered. Invo- 
lucre of numerous subulately linear fringed bractes. 
Cali/x 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, acute, fringed ; 
the upper one erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous 
tube sessile, slightly flattened on each side, about twice 
the length of the calyx. Petals 5, of a brilliant dark 
crimson ; the two upper ones largest, ligulate, flat, 
and distinct at the base, lower ones narrowly spatu- 
late, spreading. Filaments 1 0, united into a tube, five 
only bearing anthers, the upper one twice as short as 
the lower ones ; sterile ones subulate and curved in- 
wards. Pollen of a bright golden colour. Sti/le 
purple, the lower part covered with short stiff" hairs. 
Stigmas 5, purple, reflexed. 
