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plant is that of a flattened cone, with about ten broad furrows, and as many alter- 
nate ribs, on the edges of which the clusters of spines are few in number and much 
scattered. The plant has a very handsome appearance, on account of the large 
intervals of deep green which occur between every rib. Bot. Mag. 3691. 
THE PEA TRIBE (Leguminosa). 
Hovea Manglesii. Captain Mangles's Hovea. A new species, of a very 
neat character, nearly allied to H. lanceolata and H. trisperma. It first flowered 
in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill, in January, 1837 ; since 
which time dried native specimens have been received from Captain James 
Mangles, R. N., after which latter gentleman the species has been named. The 
leaves are long, linear, reticulated, and mucronulate, and one of the distinctive 
characters of the species is, that these organs are clothed beneath with " long, 
entangled, tornlose hairs, which are scarcely at all glandular at the base." The 
flowers are of a deep purple hue, and are produced numerously. It is a green- 
house shrub, requiring the usual treatment of its allies, and increasing freely by 
cuttings. It is remarked that, in the wild specimens, the leaves are scarcely half 
as broad as those of the cultivated ones ; and the same difference has been observed 
by us between a specimen in the collection of Messrs. Low and Co., Clapton, and 
the figure in the Botanical Register. Bot. Reg. 62. 
Composites. 
Helichrysum macranthum. For an account of this species, see a former 
part of the present Number. The figure in the Botanical Register represents the 
flowers much darker than those in our drawing, and not nearly so large, both 
which differences are undoubtedly occasioned by the different periods at which the 
original drawings were made ; ours having been taken when the plant was in full 
perfection, while that of the work in question was made much earlier, from the 
garden of R. Mangles, Esq. In speaking of this species, Dr. Lindley observes, 
that the number of beautiful plants which the Swan River colony contains, and 
which have not hitherto been introduced to this country, is truly astonishing, and 
would abundantly reward the researches of collectors. Bot, Beg. 58. 
Stevia fascicularis. Close-headed Stevia. An interesting, though not a 
showy, greenhouse, herbaceous plant, seeds of which were imported from Mexico 
by G. F. Dickson, Esq., and presented to the Horticultural Society. It produces 
its neat white flowers (which are very sweet-scented) in dense terminal clusters, 
from the extremities of the principal or lateral shoots, and they form an ornamental 
feature in the greenhouse during the autumnal months. It is extremely easy to 
cultivate, as it will thrive in almost any soil, and cuttings will strike with great 
rapidity. Bot. Reg. 59. 
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