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HOAREA corydaliflora. 
Fumitory -flowered Hoarea. 
Hoarea. Cat. 5-partitus: laciniis subaequalibus, su- 
prema desinente in tubulum capillarem nectariferum. 
Cor, 5-petaia, irregularis: petala 2 superiora ma- 
jora. Filam. 10; inferne dilatata et in tubum 
longum connata, 5-8 sterilia. AjUU 5, monospermi, 
aristati, ad basin receptaculi rostrati : aristis spira- 
libus introrsum barbatis. Herhce perennes; radice 
tuberosa, nunc rapiformi ; folia integra aut divisa; 
flares umbellaii: umhellce erectce. 
H. corydaliflora, umbella composita, foliis pinnatis pi- 
losis: foliolis pinnatifidis laciniatisque : laciniis line- 
aribus acutis, petalis superioribus refractis, inferio- 
ribus concavis conniventibus. 
Pelargonium rapaceum : var. lutea. Bot. mag. 1877. 
Root tuberous, in our plant about the length and 
thickness of the middle finger, equal in size through- 
out, throwing out at the bottom little tubers, from 
which the fibres that support it issue. Stem none. 
Leaves in a little cluster at the crown of the root, very 
variable, scarcely two alike, pinnate, and covered with 
soft hairs, some more so than others: pinnae opposite 
or sometimes alternate, lower ones pinnatifid and deeply 
divided; upper ones entire, linear, acute. Petiole 
round, very hairy, with 2 subulate membranaceous 
stipules attaclied to the base. Peduncle leafy at the 
base, and branching in various directions, clothed with 
short soft hairs, and a few longer ones scattered amongst 
them. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of several 
subulate, acute bractes, thickly covered with soft villous 
hairs. Calyx 5-cleft, segments linearly-lanceolate, 
acute, reflexed when the flower is expanded, but erect 
when closed. Nectariferous tube sessile, flattened on 
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