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HOAREA coccinea. 
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Scarlet-flowered Hoarea. 
H. coccinea , acaulis, foliis pinnatifidis pinnatisve: foliolis 
segmentisque rotundato-ovatis obtusis simplicibus bifi- 
disve hirsuto-canescentibus terminali maximis, scapo 
diviso, umbellis multifloris, petalis ligulato-linearibus 
superioribus refractis, tubo nectarifero calyce reflexo 
duplo longiore. 
Hoarea coccinea. Swt. hart. brit. p. 76. n. 52. Coir, 
catal. ed. 3. p. 26. col. 1. 
Root tuberous. Leaves crowning the root, clothed with 
a canescent hairiness, very variable, the lower ones some¬ 
times simple and ovate, others ternate, pinnatifid or pin¬ 
nate; leaflets or segments generally opposite, roundly 
ovate or sometimes elliptic, obtuse, entire or sometimes 
deeply cleft or divided, terminal one much the largest, 
particularly on the lower leaves, all clothed with a close hairy 
canescence. Petioles flattened on the upper side and con¬ 
vex on the lower, widened at the base, very hairy. Scapes 
divided, each bearing several umbels of flowers, producing 
a small leaf or two at the base of the peduncles. Umbels 
many-flowered. Peduncles clothed with canescent hairs. 
Involucre of several narrow, linear, acute bractes. Calyoc 
5-cleft, the segments lanceolate, clothed with short succu¬ 
lent hairs, the upper one erect, the others reflexed. Nec¬ 
tariferous tube about double the length of the calyx, also 
clothed with short succulent hairs. Petals 5, of a bright 
scarlet, narrowly ligulate; the lower ones narrowest, linear; 
upper ones with a long unguis, reflexed about the middle. 
Filaments 10, united into a tube, 5 only bearing anthers. 
Style purple. Stigmas 5, purple, their points reflexed. 
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