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HOAREA reticulata. 
Netted'petaled Hoarea. 
H. reticulata, umbella composita, foliis elliptico-lan- 
ceolatis oblongisve integerrimis pilosis margine 
revolutis, petalis lineari-spathulatis undulatis re- 
flexis ; superioribus medio macula magna notatis. 
Root tuberous, not unlike a Turnep Radish, divided 
into several crowns at the upper part. Stem none. 
Leaves oblong or elliptically lanceolate, very hairy, 
with recurved points and revolute margins, of a light 
green colour. Petioles about the length of the leaf, 
slightly flattened on the upper side and convex on the 
lower, thickly covered with small white hairs, and 
longer horizontal ones scattered amongst them, as are 
the peduncles, bractes, and caljrx. Stipules subulate, 
membranaceous, attached to the base of the petiole. 
Scape springing from the crowns of the root, producing 
several umbels of flowers, with many leafy bractes at 
the base of the peduncles. Peduncles nearly cylindri- 
cal. Involucre of several narrowly lanceolate acute 
bractes. Calyx 5-cleft, segments narrowly lanceolate, 
bluntish, with fringed membranaceous margins; upper 
segment erect, the others reflexed. Nectariferous tube 
almost sessile, a little flattened on both sides, about 
twice the length of the calyx. Petals 5, undulate, the 
two uppermost narrowly spathulate, reflexed above the 
middle, of a cream colour with a bright crimson spot 
in the centre, and 2 red lines from the base, joined at 
the upper part and slightly branched; lower ones linear, 
obtuse, revolute, cream-coloured, and elegantly reti- 
culated with interrupted red lines. Filaments 10, united 
into a tube, 5 bearing anthers, sterile ones short and 
