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HOVEA* lanceolata; var. linearis. 
Linear-leaved lanceolate Hovea. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecvwt1Nosx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 86.) 
HOVEA. — Supra, vol. 4. fol. 280. 
H. lanceolata; foliis lanceolatis mucronatis subtüs pubescentibus, floribus 
axillaribus geminis, ramis vimineis. De Cand. prod. 2. 115. 
H. lanceolata. Bot. mag. t. 1624. 
B. linearis ; foliis linearibus. 
Frutex, ramis vimineis, gracilibus, pubescentibus. Folia linearia, mucro- 
nata, apice reflexa, subtús leviter pubescentia, utrinque gross? reticulata. 
Flores axillares, gemini, brevissime pedicellata, purpurei, alis atrioribus. 
A native of New. Holland, whence it was introduced 
some years ago. It differs from the true Hovea lanceolata 
in thé narrowness of its leaves, but is evidently a mere 
variety. 
Our drawing was made in the Nursery of Messrs. Low 
and Co., of Clapton, in March last. 
A slender greenhouse plant, readily increased by cut- 
tings. The branches are covered with a very short brown 
down. The /eaves are linear, with a little down beneath, a 
mucronate recurved point, and very coarse reticulations. 
The flowers grow in pairs, from the axille of the leaves, and 
are a violet purple, with darker-coloured wings. si 
* See fol. 1423. 
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