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HOAREA varia. 
Various-leaved Hoarea. 
H. varia, umbella composita, foliis simplicibus ovatis 
dentatis ternatisque laciniatis pinnatifidisque pilo- 
sis; segmentis oblongis obtusis dentatis, petalis 
linearibus undulatis patentibus, tubo nectarifero 
* calyce parum longiori. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves very variable, 
scarcely two alike, crowning the root in a radiate 
form, of a hoary light green, thickly covered with soft 
white unequal hairs, lower leaves simple, ovate, tooth- 
ed, others ternate, lanceolate, or pinnatifid ; segments 
oblong, obtuse, toothed, and ciliate. Petioles widely 
flattened on the upper side, and convex on the lower, 
thickly clothed with long white villous hairs, as are 
the peduncles and bractes. Stipules very long, subu- 
lately linear, joined to the base of the petioles. Scape 
springing from the crown of the root, leafy and pro- 
ducing numerous umbels of flowers. Peduncles cylin- 
drical, hoary. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of 
numerous narrowly lanceolate, taper-pointed, fringed 
bractes. Cali/x 5-cleft, segments unequal, lanceolate, 
blui?tish, with membranaceous margins, the upper one 
erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube slightly 
curved, flattened on both sides, and clothed with short 
villous hairs. Petals 5, undulate, spreading, the two 
uppermost largest, reflexed from about the middle, all 
of a dull crimson colour, white at the base. Filaments 
10, united into a tube, five fertile ones of nearly the 
same length, the uppermost rather shortest; sterile 
ones short and curved inwards. Pollen orange-colour- 
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