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HOAREA atra. 
Dark brown Hoarea. 
Hoarea. Pet. 5 inaequalia, 2 superiora parallela longe 
ungTiiculata medio abrupte reflexa. Stam. longe 
tubulosa petalorum inferiorum longitudine, 5 sterilia 
recta aut apice incurva, 3 inferiora fertilibus bre- 
viora. 
H. atra, umbella composita, foliis glabris oblongis 
dentatis trifidis ternatisve integris pinnatifidisve ; 
segmentis oblongis obovatisve obtusis, petalis planis 
paten tibus. 
Hoarea atra. Noh, in Colv. Cat. p. 21. col. 2. 
Pelargonium atrum. LHerit. geran. t. 44. Willden. 
sp. pi. 3. p. 646. Pers. syn. 2. p. 227. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 161. 
Root tuberous, turnep-shaped, and clothed with a 
soft brown scaly bark. Stem none. Leaves in clusters 
at the crown of the root, very variable, scarcely two 
alike, some being oblong or obovate and entire, others 
trifid or ternate, jagged, pinnatifid or deeply toothed, 
of a pale shining green colour, and thinly covered on 
both sides with simple pellucid hairs ; segments oblong 
or obovate, obtuse, entire or sometimes toothed, with 
ciliated margins. Petioles long and slender, very weak 
and pliant, slightly flattened on the upper side, and 
convex on the lower, thickly clothed with soft unequal 
bail's. Stipules subulate, membranaceous, attached to 
the base of the petiole. Scape slightly branched, with 
little bracte-like leaves at the base of the peduncles. 
Peduncles cylindrical, thickly covered with soft white 
hairs. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of several 
