


98 THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
2.—HOVEA PUNGENS Benth. THE PRICKLY HOVEA. 
Encravincs.—-Paxt. Mag. of Bot., vol. vi., p. 101 ; The Botanist, | linear, pungent, sessile, convolute at the margins, indistinctly reticu- 
t. 164; and our jig. 6, in Pl. 23. lated, smooth. Flowers axillary. 
Sprciric Cuaracter.—Stem terete, branched, villous. Leaves | 
Description, &c.—This species, though very inferior in beauty to H. Celsi, has yet very pretty flowers, which 
are produced in great abundance, and its habit of growth is extremely neat and compact. It is easily known, from 
being the only species of the genus which has a branched stem, and which has very narrow leaves, ending in a 
sharp prickle. The species was introduced in 1838. 

OTHER SPECIES OF HOVEA. 
H. LONGIFLORA R. Br. 
A species with small purplish flowers, and very long leaves, which are convolute on the margins, and covered 
with brown down on their under side. It was introduced in 1805. It was from this plant that the genus was 
named. 
H. LINEARIS 2. Br. 
A very pretty little plant, introduced, under the name of Poiretia linearis, in 1796. It is of a very delicate 
habit of growth, and has a remarkably slender stem. 
H. LANCEOLATA Hook. 
A very slender plant, with the flowers produced in pairs. Introduced in 1805. 
H. PURPUREA Sweet. 
A very handsome plant, with large purple flowers, the standard of which has a dark shade at the base. This 
species may be planted in the open ground, but it requires protection in frosty weather. It succeeds best when 
planted im a conservatory. It was introduced in 1820 
H. VILLOSA Lindl. 
This plant has large blue flowers, and woolly, or, rather, shaggy leaves. It is nearly allied to H. purpurea, 
which it resembles in the large size and general appearance of its flowers It appears to have been first introduced 
in 1824, and again in 1882. 
H. CHOROZEMAFOLIA Dec., and H. ILICIFOLIA Cunn. 
These two species were placed by Sweet in the genus Plagiolobium. They are both very ornamental plants, 
remarkable for the rich dark purple colour of their flowers, as well as for their ornamental leaves. They are both 
natives of King George’s Sound, whence they were introduced in 1824. 
GENUS XVI. 
LALAGE Lindl. THE LALAGE. 
Lin. Syst. MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Bracts deciduous, dry. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip bifid, lower lip three-cleft, segments all bristly. Vexillum flat, 
nearly round, emarginate. Carina obtuse. Stamens all connected, but the tenth half-free. 

Description, &c.—There is only one species in this genus, which Dr. Lindley has named after a female 
mentioned by Horace. 



