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HOAREA radicata. 
Fleshy fringed- leaved Hoa/rea, 
H. radicata J umbella simplici, foliis oblongo-ellipticis 
integerrimis ciliajtis, petalis retusis superioribus 
basi macula duplici interriipte linear! notatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce quadruple longiori. 
I Pelargonium radicatum. Vent. Hart. Malm. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 160. Botan. magaz. 17l«. 
I Pelargonium concavifblium. Pers. syn. 2. p. 226. 
Geranium ciliatum. Andrews's reposit. 247. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves oblong or el- 
liptic, concave when young, but afterwards becoming 
convex and revolute, smooth or slightly pubescent, 
entire ; margins fringed. Petioles shorter than the 
leaves, flat on the upper side and convex below, fring- 
ed. Stipules joined to the base of the petioles, sub- 
ulately linear, with fringed membranaceous margins. 
Flower-stem about an inch high, then crowned with 
leaves and producing several umbels of flowers. Pe- 
duncle cylindrical, densely clothed with soft unequal 
hairs. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of numerous 
subulately-linear fringed bractes. Pedicles about the 
length of the bractes, densely pubescent. Calyx 5- 
cleft, segments lanceolate; the upper one largest, 
erect; the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube about 
four times the length of the calyx, slightly flattened, 
thickly clothed with short soft hairs. Petals 5, spatu- 
lately ligulate, retuse, of a cream colour, the upper 
ones spotted near the base with two irregular lines of 
linear red spots. Filaments 10, connected into a tube^ 
five only bearing anthers ; sterile ones erect and sub- 
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