614. 
HOVEA longifolia. 
Long-leaved Hovea. 
pe 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. Lxcuminos. Jussiew gen. 345. Div. V. Corolla irregus 
laris, papilionacea, Legumen uniloculare bivalve, 
HOVEA. Supra vol. 4. fol. 280. 
H. longifolia, foliis clongato-linearibus: subtis venosis le 
tomentosis. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed.2. 4. 275. 
Frutex erectus, rubigineo-villosus; rami sparsi, subverticillato-approxi- 
mati, simplices, teretes, foliosi. Fol. rigentia, lawius sparsa, interdiim per 
paria vel ferme vel omnind opposita, decussato-divaricata moddve deflexa, 
petiolata, angusta, lineari-elongata, 2-3-uncialia? latitudine bilineari? cum 
acumine obtuso subtus mucronato, reticulato-venosa, supra fusco-virentia 
glaberrima lined media depressd, margine defleca, subtis rufescenti-villosa 
cum costa prominente: petiolus brevis (lineam longus) teres tomentosus, 
Flores inodort, violaceo-albicantes, parvi (2 lineas longi), superné in ramis 
paniculati; panicule foliose elongate; racemuli ‘compositi foliosi subtenso 
folio triplo breviores v. magis, floribus 2 pedicellatis supra basin pedunculi 
positis: pedicelli teretes patentes villosi, bracted lineari breviore appressd 
subtenst, calyce parm longiores. Cal. cinereus, tomentosus, bilabiato-cam- 
panulatus, intis glaber, medio fere tenis 4-fidus, bast bracteolis 2 oppositis 
auriculatus, labio superiore recto lato retuso, inferiore trifido segmentis acu- 
minatis, lateralibus parallelis patulis, medio subulato deflexo. Vexilli 
lamina. subreniformi-orbiculata, arrecto-reflexa, calyci subequilonga, emar- 
ginato-fissa, albicans radiis violaceis sensim evanescentibus picta, cum areold 
_luteo-virentt ad basin; unguis brevis cuneato-attenuatus canaliculatus, viri- 
dis: ale recte, porrecte, & latere superiore imbricato-conniventes, oblonge, 
obtuse, pallidiores, ungue tenuissimo simplici: carina inclusa, duplo Sere 
brevior, efeileato; aszuraiens, ventricosa, attenuata, obtusa, supra intense vio- 
lacea. Hil. monadelphum, medio feré tenis 10-fidum, per dorsum fis- 
sum: anth. sordido-lutescentes, erecta, @quales, lineari-oblonge, polline 
grumoso. Germ. ovato-oblongum, villosum, viride, sessile: stylus rostrato- 
continuus, glaber, adscendens, setaceo-attenuatum: stigma apex obtusum sub- 
pruinosum. 
guminibusque 
a 
We are not aware of any published figure of this species. 
It was first observed by Mr. Brown in New South Wales, 
and introduced in 1805. The annexed drawing was made 
at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, in the King’s Road, where 
the plant flowers in the greenhouse about March. 
An upright reddishly furred shrub; branches scattered, 
nearing each other almost in whorls, simple, round, leafy. 
VOL, VIII. D. 
