Tas. 6879. 
GREVILLEA HOooKERIANA. 
Native of Swan River. 
Nat. Ord. Prorracra.—Tribe GReviuex. 
Genus GREVILLEA, Br.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 180.) 
GREVILLEA (Hebegyne) Hookeriana ; fruticosa, erecta, ramis foliisque subtus 
cano-tomentosis, foliis demum glabris longe petiolatis pinnatis segmentis 3-9 
anguste linearibus rigidis subacutis supra canaliculatis subtus ob sist 
recurvos costamque validam 2-canaliculatis, racemis spiciformibus densifloris 
erectis, floribus secundis, rachi villosa, perianthio subsericeo-villoso intus 
glabro tubo } poll. longo infra medium inflato, limbo brevi revoluto, toro recto, 
—— semiorbiculari, ovario villoso, stylo elongato, stigmate globoso vix 
obliquo. 
G. Hookeriana, Meissn. in Plant. Preiss, vol. i. p. 548, and in DC. Prodr. 
vol, xiv. p. 374; Benth. Fl. Austral. vol. v. p. 432. 
G. tetragonoloba, Meissn. in DC. 1. e. 
Western Australia abounds in handsome shrubs, suitable 
for conservatories, and amongst them the genus Grevillea 
affords a considerable contingent of ornamental species, 
as the volumes of this work prove, where no fewer than 
sixteen species have been figured, and about half that 
number have been illustrated in other works devoted to 
horticulture. Amongst these is the graceful G. robusta, 
which is perhaps the most widely-used “ foliage plant” for 
table decoration that ever was introduced into Hurope. _ 
G. Hookeriana is a native of South-West Australia, 
growing in dry places along the coast, as near King George’s 
Sound, at the Gardiner River, and at Doubtful Island bays. 
It was discovered by Preiss, and collected afterwards by 
Drummond and others. The specimen here figured was 
raised from seed communicated by W. R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., 
Director of the Melbourne Botanical Gardens, which 
flowered in the Royal Gardens in January of the present 
ear. | 
Desor. A tall branching rigid shrub, with hoary-tomen- 
tose branches and leaves beneath. Leaves four to six 
inches long, pinnate; pinnules three to nine pairs, distant, 
JUNE Ist, 1886. 
