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LEGUMINOS/E. XXXI. MIRBELIA. XXXII. Ho 



Reticulated-leaved Mirbelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1792. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



2 M. RUBJ^EFOLIA ; leaves lanceolate, acute, serrated, stiff', 

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

 tj . G. Native of New South Wales. Flowers bluish-purple. 

 Pultenae'a rubiaefolia, Andr. bot. rep. 351. 



Rubia-leavcd Mirbelia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1792. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



3 M. SPECIOSA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 367.) leaves 

 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. kevv. 3. p. 21.) leaves cunei- 

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

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

 bot. reg. 1041. 



D Hated-leaved Mirbelia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 



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

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

 axillary, twin. T?. G. Native of New Holland. Perhaps 

 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. 



Great-fowered Mirbelia. Fl.May.Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. Ito2ft. 



6 M. PU'NGENS (Cung. mss.) leaves linear, ending in a long, 

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

 fj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Pungent Mirbelia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



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 Pultcneda, p. 126 ; the cuttings require to be 

 young. 



Tribe II. 



LO'TE IE (plants agreeing with Lulus in important characters). 

 D. C. Leg. inem. vi. Genistas, et Astragali, Adans, fam. 2. 

 p. 320, 324. Genistese, Trif olieae et Galegese, Bronn. 1. c. 

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

 ledons. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens monadelphous, or 

 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 

 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 Phaseoleec. 



SUBTRIBE I. GENISTEJE (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. 



XXXII. HO'VEA (in honour of Anthony Pantaleon Hove, 

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

 many plants, were sent to Kew Gardens). R. Br. in hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 275. D. C. prod. 2. p. 115. Poiretia, Smith, 

 Lin. trans. 9. p. 304. but notof Cav. Physicarpos, Poir. suppl. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelplna, Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate (f. 25. 

 a.) ; upper lip semibifid, 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- 

 tralian shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, and axillary, purple, 

 or violaceous flowers, which stand on short pedicels. 



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



1 



mucronate, with somewhat revolute margins, veiny beneath, and 

 are as well as the legumes tomentose. >? . G. Native of Kew 

 Holland, on the eastern coast. Ker. bot. reg. 614. Flowers 

 purplish-violet. 



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



2 H. UNEA'RIS (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves linear, mucronate. rather 

 pilose beneath ; legumes smooth. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the eastern coast. Ker. bot. reg. 463. Poiretia 

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

 violet, 



Z<nfr-]eaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1796. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



3 H. ELLIPTICA (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. TJ . G. Native of New Holland, at King George's 

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



Elliptic-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1817. Sh. 2 tot ft. 



4 H. LANCEOLA V TA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1624.) leaves lanceo- 

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

 branches twiggy. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers 

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



Lanceolate-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1805. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



5 H. APICULA'TA (Cung. mss.) leaves lanceolate, with revolute 

 edges, tomentpse, beneath, but smooth above, coriaceous, with a 

 strong middle nerve, tapering to the apex and mucronate. Ij . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers purplish- violet. 



Apkultited-\e&\ed Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



6 H. MUCRONA'TA (Cung. mss.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

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

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



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

 Mticronate-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



7 H. ACHTIFOLJA (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, but 

 glabrous above ; peduncles short, 2-3-flowered, with the pedicels 

 longer than the peduncles. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Flowers purplish-blue. 



Acute-leaved Hovea. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 

 to 4 feet. 



8 H. PURFU'REA (Sweet, fl. aust. 13.) leaves oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronate, with revolute margins, smooth above, but 

 reticulately veined and tomentose beneath ; stipulas subulate, 

 small ; peduncles axillary, twin ; branches clothed with rusty 

 tomentum as well as the calyxes. fj . G. Native of New 



Holland. Flowers purple, the 

 vexillum having a pale base. 



Pttrp/e-flowered Hovea. Fl. 

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

 4 feet. 



9 H. PANNOSA (Cung. mss.)leaves 

 lanceolate, obtuse, terminating in 

 a tuft of hairs, coriaceous, with ra- 

 ther revolute edges, smooth above, 

 but clothed with dense long to- 

 mentum beneath ; branches villous, 

 as well as the pods and calyx ; 

 peduncles very short, almost ses- 

 sile, 1 -2-3-flowered. t?.G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland. H. lani- 

 gera, Locld. cat. A very woolly 

 shrub, with small pale-purple 

 flowers. 



FIG. 25. 



