HOVE A racemiilosa. 

 Spikeletted Hovea. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Papilionace.e. 

 HOVE J. Supra, vol. A.fol. 280. 



11. rucemuhsa ; foliis oblongo-linearibus sublanceolatisve supi'a tenuiter reti- 

 culatis glabris subtus tomentosis, racemis axillaribus laxis plurifloris rarius 

 apice foliiferis, calycis longiusculi pedicellati labio superiore maximo. 

 Bentham siqira, 1842, misc. no. 36. 



Although this cannot be said to rival such species as 

 Hovea pungens or Celsi in the brightness of its colours, it 

 is by no means unattractive, when well contrasted with plants 

 whose colours are not bright enough to kill it. It belongs 

 moreover to a set of greenhouse shrubs of easy cultivation 

 and small size, which are well adapted for decorating the 

 shelves of the conservatory. 



It is a native of the Swan River colony, whence the 

 seeds were obtained by Capt. James Mangles, R.N. It first 

 flowered in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning 

 Hill. 



Among the species of this genus from the East coast of 

 New Holland is one, called Hovea ramulosa by Allan Cun- 

 ningham, which approaches this very much in several respects. 

 But that species has solitary axillary flowers, more obtuse 

 leaves, and a still more shaggy surface. As it does not seem 

 to have yet found its way into books, I may as well take the 

 present opportunity of stating its characters. 



H. ramulosa (A. Cunn. mss.) mollis, villosa, foliis oblongo- 

 linearibus apice rotundatis supra glabris grosse reticulatis 

 subtiis ferruginco-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus subgeminis 



