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* HOVEA Manglesii 



Captain Mangles s Hovea 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^, § Papiuonace^. 

 HOVEA. Supr^voL A.fol 280. 



H. Manglesii; foliis linearibus mucronatis margine revolutis supra reticulatis 

 glabris subtiis pilis laxis torulosis vestitis, stipulis setaceis, floribus geminis 

 axillaribus sessllibus, ovario sessili tnspermo. 



Frutex erectus, gracilis, ramosus, ramulis Jiliformibus, pilis appresns 

 torulosis dense vestitis. Folia linearia^ setaceo-mucronata, breviter petiolata 

 aut subsessilia, supra reticulata glabra, stibtus pilis longis torulosis laxis 

 vestita ; stipulis setaceis, petiolorum longitudine. Flores sessiles, gemini, 

 divergentes. Calyx villosus^ labio superiore maxima^ obsolete bilobo, lobis 

 rotundatiSj inferiore minimo trijido. Vexillum rotundatuniy emarginatum^ 

 purpureum, dorso pallidum ; alse oblongcB, obtusce, magis sanguinecB. Ovarium 



simplicis margine superiore pilosiusculo. 



falcato, 



A branch of this was communicated by Robert Mangl 



Esq. of Sunning Hill, so long since as Janiiary, 1837, at 



which period it flowered for the first time. Subsequently wild 

 specimens from Swan River have been put into my posses- 

 sion by Captain Mangles, R. N. after whom the species is 

 named. 



It was not till the latter were examined that I was able 

 to satisfy myself of this plant being distinct from H. lanceo- 

 lata, of which a supposed variety with linear leaves is 

 figured in the Botanical Register, fol. 1427. It now appears 

 that the hairiness of the under-side of the leaves is quite 

 different : in the latter the hairs are short and straight, with 



See folio 1423 



November, 1838. 



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