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* HOVEA Manglesii. 



Captain Mangles s Hovea. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos;E, § Papilionace^:. 

 HOVEA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 280. 



H. Manglesii; foliis linearibus mucronatis margine revolutis supra reticulatis 

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

 axillaribus sessilibus, ovario sessili trispermo. 



Frutex erectus, gracilis, ramosus, ramulis filiformibus, pilis appressis 

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

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

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

 divergentes. Calyx villosus, labio superiore maximo, obsolete bilobo, lobis 

 rotundatis, inferiore minimo trifido. Vexillum rotundatum, emarginatum, 

 pitrpureum, dorso pallidum ; alse oblongce, obtusce, magis sanguinece. Ovarium 

 sessile, glabrum; ovulis tribus ; stylo lineari, compresso, falcato, sub stigmatis 

 si?nplicis margine superiore pilosiusculo. 



A branch of this was communicated by Robert Mangles, 

 Esq. of Sunning Hill, so long since as January, 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. 



