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HOAREA coluteaefolia. 
Bladder Senna-leaved Hoarea. 
H. colutecefolia , acaulis, foliis inferioribus simplicibus 
ovatis tripartitis ternatisque: superioribus pinnatifidis 
pinnatisque canescentibus pilosis; foliolis oblongo- 
ovalibus rotundatis terminali maximis, stipulis lineari- 
bus petiolo adnatis, scapo subramoso, umbellis multi- 
floris, petalis superioribus refractis, inferioribus conca- 
vis, tubo nectarifero calyce subduplo longiore. 
Root tuberous. Stem none. Leaves radical, very va¬ 
riable, caneseent, hairy on both sides, ciliate: lower ones 
simple, broadly ovate, obtuse, others 2 or 3-parted or ter- 
nate, the terminal leaflet very large, roundly ovate and ob¬ 
tuse: side ones oval, or subrotund, or sometimes oblong 
and obtuse: upper leaves pinnatifid or pinnate; leaflets 
variable, opposite, or alternate, side ones oblong or ovate, 
obtusely rounded, lower ones generally 2 or 3-cleft, termi¬ 
nal one very large, ovate or obovate, generally oblique. 
Petioles slender, a little flattened on the upper side, and 
rounded on the lower, thickly clothed with white villous 
hairs. Stipules linear or narrowly lanceolate, acute, at¬ 
tached to the petioles. Scapes several, simple or a little 
branched, thickly clothed with spreading unequal hairs. 
Involucre of several linear, acute, fringed bractes. Um¬ 
bels many-flowered. Calyx 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, 
acute, their margins membranaceous and fringed, upper 
one largest, erect; the others spreading or reflexed. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube about double the length of the calyx, flat¬ 
tened on each side, thickly clothed with short caneseent 
hairs. Petals 5, unguiculate, the 2 upper ones cuneate, 
reflexed from about the middle, between scarlet and purple 
above the bend, and below it white, marked with several 
