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HOVEA racemulosa. 
Spikelettecl Hovea.. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Papilionace.e. 
HOVEA. Supra, vol. 4. fol. 280. 
H. racemulosa ; foliis oblongo-linearibus sublanceolatisve supra tenuiter reti- 
culatis glabris subtus tomentosis, racemis axillaribus laxis plurifioris rarius 
apice foliiferis, calycis longiusculi pedicellati labio superiore maximo. 
Bentham supra, 1842, misc. no. 36. 
Although this cannot be said to rival such species as 
Hovea pungens or Celsi in the brightness of its colours, it 
is by no means unattractive, when well contrasted with plants 
whose colours are not bright enough to kill it. It belongs 
moreover to a set of greenhouse shrubs of easy cultivation 
and small size, which are well adapted for decorating the 
shelves of the conservatory. 
It is a native of the Swan River colony, whence the 
seeds were obtained by Capt, James Mangles, R.N. It first 
flowered in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning 
Hill. 
Among the species of this genus from the East coast of 
New Holland is one, called Hovea ramulosa by Allan Cun- 
ningham, which approaches this very much in several respects. 
But that species has solitary axillary flowers, more obtuse 
leaves, and a still more shaggy surface. As it does not seem 
to have yet found its way into books, I may as well take the 
present opportunity of stating its characters. 
H. ramulosa (A. Cunn. mss.) mollis, villosa, foliis oblongo- 
linearibus apice rotundatis supra glabris grosse reticulatis 
subtus ferruginco-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus subgeminis 
