which is much smaller. KEEL obtuse, compressed, purple. STaAMENS 
mon- or diadelphous, equal ; anthers small yellow. Ovary pedicellate, 
short, compressed, 2-seeded, smooth, whitish. StTyiE long, smooth. 
Sriema formed ofa small pubescent head. 
Poputar aNnD GreocrapuicaL Notice. This like all the rest of 
the genus Hovea, with which we are acquainted, is a native of New 
Holland. It exhibits the peculiarity of the flower-buds of the suc- 
ceeding year appearing at the bases of those expanded during the pre- 
sent. This is a common condition of leaf-buds which are always vis- 
ible the season preceding their expansion, but not frequently so with 
flower-buds, which though they may be formed seven years before their 
development externally, generally remain concealed till the period of 
unfolding. Those of the Hovea Celsi, are perfectly protected by the 
scales in which they are enveloped, which is one of the means by which 
the God of Nature manifests his care of his creatures, 
He marks the bounds which winter may not pass, 
And blunts his pointed fury ; in its case, 
Russet and rude, folds up the a germ 
Uninjured, with inimitable art 
And, ere one flowery season fades and dies 
Designs the blooming wonders of the next.—CowPeEr. 
Clee — eee of ~ ies and stalk are very liable to be infested 
onidum of Fabricius, 
Coccus Hicsperidom of - Kirby and dpeteds which can aap be remo- 
ved by the nail being insinuated below it, and so taken from its hold. 
For some interesting notices of this insect, see Taylor’s Scientific Me- 
moirs, Vol. I, p. 214. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CULTURE. Introduced into the 
Nursery of Mons. Cels, at Paris, by the French expedition, under — ; 
Capt. Baudin, whence it was brought to Britain in 1817. ” 
The plant from which our drawing was made, flowered in the ele- 
gant conservatory of W. Leaf, Esq. Parkhill, Streatham, in May, 1836. 
It is not so advisable to grow Hoveas in pots, which would seem to be 
detrimental to them, as in the border of a conservatory. They thrive 
admirably in an equal mixture of sandy loam and peat; 
Derivation or THE Names. 
ig oor honour of Anthone Pantaleon Hove, a Polish Botanist; who tra- 
¥ Crimea and Persia, and sent many plants to the Kew Gardens, 
Celsi, in compliment to Mons. Cels, a nurseryman of Paris. 
SynonyMgs. 
Hovea Cexst. Bonpland. Plantes de Navarre, t. 51. Ker Botanical Reg- 
ister, t. 280, D Veg. v. II, p. 115. 
