HOVE'A CEL'SI. 
CELS’S HOVEA. 
EXOGENE, ; OR " DICOTYLEDONEX. 
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DIADELPHIA, 
DECANDRIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Hoves. Rorerr Brown. Catyx bilabiatus, labio ba 
semibifido lato Tetuso, inferiore tripartito. Carina obtusa. Stamina omnia 
LrecuMEeN sessile, satinaiantied, 
ventricosum, dispermum. Semrna stro : ga Decan 
CALYCIFLORE, —— divisions 
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DECANDOLLE. _this Plant belongs | 
No. 40. 
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SPECIES. Hovea Crist. Bowrzanp, Fou is subrhombeis 
obtusiusculis mucronatis. PEepo a multifloris, ramis calyce 
bracteisque pilosiusculis. Dzcan 
CHARACTER pe THE Genus, Hovea. Catryx two-lipped, upper 
lip semibifid, bro: sad, retuse slower lip three parted. KreLobtuse. Sta- 
MENS all united into a monadelphous tube, or the tenth stamen more 
or less detached at the upper part. LEGUMEA, or pod sessile, roundish, 
swelling, two-seeded. Srxeps strophiolated. * > aia —— 
ova ¢ Crist. An. upright shrub, 
ches about the middle of the stem, 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, 
about 4 feet high, dividing into bra 
LEAVES scattered, spreading, stf, tiola 2» liptico-lanceolate, reticu- 
lately veined, mucronate, villo ; more prominent nerves 
than the upper surface. Paiyacted aaillaty, ” ‘solitary, longer than the 
petioles, racemose, bearing from 3-5 flowers with 2 small adpressed 
bracts at the base of one ower. pinorees ae cme cot cod 
aninchin length, > 
4-cleft, of a fawn-colour, clothed with silky hairiness, 2-lipped. Ur. 
PER LIP much the longest, broad] y" wedge-shaped or en” with a 
broad round margin, obscurely notched. at, the top, mewhat keeled 
at the back; lower lip three-toothed equal, straight, acute. STANDARD 
upright, spreading, smooth, obcordately-round, very much Jarger than 
the wings and keel, at the upper margin emarginately incised; a large 
white spot, sometimes appearing as if two, occupies the base; claw 
short. Wrnes spathulately oblong, folding within them the keel, 
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REFERENCE TO THE DissEctions. 
1, Standard. 2, Keel. 3, Wing. 4, Style. 
