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HO ARE A orobifolia. 
Ritter-Vetch-leaved Hoarea . 
H. orobifolia, foliis simplicibus ovalibus ternatis pinna- 
tisque utrinque hirsutis: foliolis oppositis ovatis obtu- 
sis integerrimis 2-3-partitis bifidisve terminali maximo, 
stipuiis lanceolatis petiolo adhserentibus, scapo ramoso, 
umbellis multifloris, petalis ligulatis patentibus, tubo 
nectarifero calyce subtriplo longiore. 
Hoarea orobifolia. Swt. hort. brit . in addenda. 
Root tuberous, inclining to fusiform, clothed with a 
hard brown shell. Stem none. Leaves variable; some of 
the lower ones simple and oval, others ternate, quinate or 
2-3-parted : upper ones pinnate, of a light green, all 
over hairy: leaflets opposite, very variable, some simple, 
and roundly oval, others 2 or 3-cleft, or 2 to 3-parted, 
the terminal one largest, all bluntly rounded and fringed, 
lower ones on footstalks and most divided, upper ones 
sessile, but narrowed at the base. Petioles flattened on the 
upper side and rounded on the lower, purplish, thickly 
clothed with small slender hairs, which bend inwards. Sti¬ 
pules lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, fringed, and joined 
to the base of the petioles. Scape erect, branching, thickly 
clothed with small hairs, which also bend inwards. Pedun¬ 
cles cylindrical, a little thickened below the umbel, also 
hairy. Umbels many-flowered. Involucre of several nar¬ 
rowly lanceolate or linear, acute, fringed bractes. Pedicles 
very short, or sometimes wanting. Calyx 5-cleft, segments 
lanceolate, acute, concave, the upper one largest, erect, the 
others reflexed. Petals 5, ligulate, spreading, narrow at the 
base; upper ones rather the longest, reflexed from about 
the middle, yellow, tinged with brown, and at the bend is 
a large purple patch, which branches out into lines that 
