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HOAREA Leeana. 
Mr. Lee’s Hoarea. 
H. Leeana , acaulis, foliis glabris pinnatifidis: segmentis 
pinnatifido-incisis acutis, petiolis pubescentibus, stipulis 
linearibus acutis membranaceis petiolo adhaerentibus, 
umbella composita pluriflora, petalis superioribus obo- 
vatis retusis, calycibus patentibus apice barbatis, tubo 
nectarifero calyce sesquilongiore. 
Hoarea Leeana, Swt, hart. brit. p. 75. n. 4. 
Root tuberous, stemless. Leaves smooth when old, 
but slightly pubescent whilst young, of a bright glossy green, 
pinnatifid; segments irregular, opposite, alternate or clus¬ 
tered, very narrow at the base, and widening upwards with 
acute points, pinnatifid or deeply jagged, or sometimes en¬ 
tire, linear, channelled on the upper side, and keeled a little 
underneath, the under side the most pubescent. Petioles 
very slender, flattened a little on the upper side and convex 
on the lower, the upper side thickly clothed with short 
white hairs, the under side less hairy. Stipules small, 
membranaceous, linear, joined to the base of the petioles. 
Umbels compound, 5 or 6 or several-flowered. Scapes 
thickly clothed with short downy hairs, producing a leaf or 
two at the base of the peduncles, also two or three linear 
taper-pointed fringed bractes. Involucre of 6 or 7 subu- 
lately linear fringed bractes, bearded at the points with a 
tuft of long spreading white hairs. Calyon 5-cleft, segments 
spreading, linearly lanceolate, acute, bearded at the points, 
the margins membranaceous and fringed. Nectariferous 
tube short, sessile, bent a little forward, clothed with short 
downy hairs, about half as long again as the calyx. Pe¬ 
tals 5, distinctly spreading, the two upper ones broadest. 
