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LEGUMINOS^. XXXI. Mirbelia. XXXII. Hovea 



. Reticulated''\ea.Yed Mirbelia. Fl. May, 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



Aug. 



Clt. 1792. mucronate, with somewhat revolutc margins, veiny beneatli, and 



are as well as the legumes tomentose. 1^ 



Native of New 



2 M. RUBiiEFouA ; leaves lanceolate, acute, serrated, stiff, Holland, on the eastern coast. 

 3 in a whorl ; flowers terminal, capitate, and axillary verticillate.. purplish-violet. 

 }2 . G. Native of New South Wales. Flowers bluish-purple. 

 Pultenae^a rubiaefoha, Andr. hot. rep. 351. 



Rtibia- leaved MirheVia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1792. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



Ker. hot. reg. 614-. 



Flo 



vvers 



Long-leaved Hovea.- FL Ju. Sept. Clt. 1805. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 

 . 2 H. linea'ris (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear, mucronate. rather 



. G. Native of New 



pilose beneath ; legumes smooth. 



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3 M. spEciosA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. hoU. no. 367.) leaves Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Ker. bot. reg. 463. 



Ziwear-leaved Hovea. 



linear, acutish, with revolute quite entire margins; flowers dis- 

 posed in a terminal, interrupted, leafy spike. Tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Flowers purple. 



Shewy Mirbelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. .Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



4 M. dilata'ta (R. Br. in hort. kew. 3. p. 21.) leaves cunei- 

 form, dilated and trifid at the apex. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the south-west coast. Flowers purplish. Lindl. 

 bot. reg. 1041. 



D'llated-lcavcd Mirbelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 



5 M. ORANDIFLORA (Cung. mss. Sieb. Hook. bot. mag. 

 2771.) pubescent ; leaves alternate, ovate, lanceolate; flowers 



Tj. G. Native of New Holland. Perhaps branches twiggy. 



Poiretia 

 linearis, Smith, in Lin. trans. 9. p. 304. Flowers purplish- 

 violet. 



M 



axillary, twin. 



Chorizema platylobioides, D, C. prod, and Platylobium reticula- 

 tum. Flowers yellow, having a red zonate mark on the upper 

 side of the vexillum, and streaked with the same on the outer 

 surface, and the wings have a red blotch on one side. 



3 H. ELLIPTIC A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 115.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 emarginate, rather pubescent beneath, shining above, reticulated 

 on both surfaces ; pedicels 3-times shorter than the leaves, 

 twin. T?. G. Native of New Holland, at King George's 

 Sound. Poiretia elliptica. Smith, 1. c. Flowers purplish-violet. 



ElUpticAeayedUoYea. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1817. Sh. 2to4ft. 



4 H.lakceola'ta (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1624.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, mucronate, pubescent beneath ; flowers axillary, twin; 



Native of New Holland. Flowers 



Tj. G. 



purplish-blue. Lindl. bot. reg. 1427. 



La7iceolate-\ea\ed Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1805. Sh. 



2 to 3 feet. 



5 H. apicula'ta (Cung. mss.) leaves lanceolate, with revolute 



G^r^a^-^owererf Mirbelia. Fl. May,Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. lto2ft. edges, tomentose beneath, but smooth above, coriaceous, with a 



6 M. pu'ngens (Cung. mss.) leaves linear, ending in a long, 

 spiny mucrone, scattered ; flowers nearly sessile, axillary, smooth. 



Native of New Holland. 



^. G. 



Pungent Mirbelia. 



Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 2 to 4 feet. 



Native of New Holland. Flowers purplish-violet. 



^pcw/a;ec?-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. 



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Sh. 



Cult. Elegant plants when in flower, the flowers of all being 

 purplish or deep orange. Their culture and propagation are the 

 same as that for Pidtencea, p. 12G ; the cuttings require to be 



young. 



Tribe II. 

 LO"I Ei:E (plants agreeing with Lotus in important characters). 



D. C. Leg. mem. vi. — Genistae, et Astragali, Adans, fam. 2. 



p. 320, 324. — Genisteae, Trif olieae et Galegeae, Bronn. 1. c. 



Embryo with its radicle curved back upon the edge of the coty- 

 ledons. 



6 H. mucrona'ta (Cung. mss.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing to the apex, mucronate, tomentose beneath, but smooUi 

 above ; branches villous ; peduncles very short, few-flowered. 

 T? . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers small, purplish-blue. 



Mucronate-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. bb. 



2 to 4 feet. 



7 H, AcuTiFoLiA (Cung. mss.) leaves lanceolate, tapering to 

 both ends, mucronate at the apex, clothed with a kind of rusty 

 tomentum on the under surface as well as on the branches, bu 



ered, with the pedice 



-^ „ „. « 111 glabrous above; peduncles short, 2-3-flouv..^.., - ^ , 



Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens monadelphous or f^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ peduncles. T? . G. Native of New Holland- 



diadelphous, 9 joined and 1 free. Legume continuous, 1-celled, 

 rarely 2-celled, in consequence of the upper sutures being bent. 

 Cotyledons flattish, furnished with cortical pores, and changing . 4 f"7 

 at once into leaves at the time of germination, for the purpose 

 of elaborating food for the young plants. However, the ger- 

 mination of some of the genera contained in this tribe being 

 unknown, a few of them may at some future time be placed in 

 tribe Phaseolece. 



Flowers purplish-blue. 

 Acute-leaved Hovea. 



Mar. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 



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8 H. puRPU^REA (Sweet, fl. aust. 13.) leaves oblong-Iine^j 

 obtuse, mucronate, with revolute margins, smooth above, 

 reticulately veined and tomentose beneath ; stipulas subula i 

 small; peduncles axillary, twin; branches clothed w'^"„^"/' 



SuBTRiBE I. Geniste^ (plants agreeing with Genista in im- 



portant characters). Bronn. diss. 1. c. 



Legume 



1-celled. 



Stamens usually monadelphous. Leaves simple or palmately 

 trifoliate, rarely pinnate. Stems usually shrubby- 



tomentum as well as the calyxes. 

 Holland. Flowers purple, the 

 vexillum having a pale base. 



Pwrp^e-flowered Hovea. FL 

 May, June. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 to 

 4 feet. 



FIG. 25. 



XXXII. HO'VEA (in honour of Anthony Pantaleon Hove, > 9H.PANN6sA(Cung. mss.)leaves 



a Polish botanist, who travelled in the Crimea and Persia, whence lanceolate 



many plants were sent to Kew^ Gardens). R. Br. in hort. kew. a tuft of hairs, coriaceous, with ra- 



ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 275. D. C. prod. 2. p. 115. — Poiretia, Smith, ther revolute edges, smooth above, 



Lin. trans. 9. p. 304. but notofCav. — Physicarpos, Poir. suppl. but clothed with dense long to- 



Lin. syst. Diadelpkia, Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate (f. 25. 

 a,) ; upper lip semibilid, broad, and retuse, lower one 3-parted. 

 Keel obtuse (f. 25./.). Stamens all connected (f. 25. c), the 

 tenth or upper one only more or less free. Legume sessile (f. 25. 

 rf.), roundish, ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. — Aus- 



mentum beneath ; branches villous, 

 as well as the pods and calyx ; 

 peduncles very short, almost ses- 

 sile, 1-2'3-flowered. "tj. G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland. H. lani- 



tralian shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and axillary, purple, gera, Lodd. cat. A very woolly 



or violaceous flowers, which stand on short pedicels. 



1 H. LONGiFOLiA (R. Br. 1. c) leaves linear and elongated, flowers. 



shrub, with small pale-purple 



