HOAREA reticulata.
JVetted-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 slightly flattened on the upper stihdee alenndg tcho novfe xt hoen letahfe,
lower, thickly covered with small white hairs, and
longer horizontal ones scattered amongst them, as are
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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 cylindrical.
Involucre of several narrowly lanceolate acute
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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
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obtuse, revolute, cream-coloured, and elegantly reticulated
with interrupted red lines. Filaments 10, united
into a tube, 5 bearing anthers, sterile ones short and