Tas. 4643. 
HAKEA myrrorpks. 
Myrtle-like Hakea. 
Nat. Ord. Protracrm.—Tertranpria Monoaynta. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium 4-phyllum, irregulare, foliolis secundis, apicibus cavis 
staminiferis. dnthere immerse. Glandula hypogyna unica, dimidiata. Ovarium 
pedicellatum, dispermum. Stigma subobliquum, e basi dilatata. mucronatum. 
Folliculus unilocularis, ligneus, pseudo-bivalvis, loculo excentrico. Semina ala 
apicis nucleo longiore.—Frutices rigidi, quandoque mediocres, pilis dum adsint 
medio affivis. Folia sparsa, in variis varia, nunc in eodem frutice diversiformia. 
Fasciculi v. racemuli sepius azillares, in plerisque involucrati, squamis imbricatis, 
scariosis, caducis, rudimenta ramulorum aliquando simul includentibus, ideoque 
potius pro gemma habendis, sed genus, extra tropicum saltem, a confinibus optime 
distinguentibus, aliis notis in quibusdam vacillantibus, Pedicelli colorati, in ra- 
cemosis geminati, paribus unibracteatis. Flores parvi, albi, v. ochroleuci. Pis- 
tillum ylaberrimum, stylo subdeciduo. Folliculus parietibus incrassatis. Semina 
atra, raro cinerea. Br. 
HAKEA myrtoides ; ramulis apice puberulis, foliis sessilibus patulis oblongo-ovatis 
coriaceis pungenti-mucronatis uninerviis (siccitate venosis) marginatis sub 
lente pilosulis, fasciculis axillaribus sessilibus, pedicellis calyce glabro stylo 
longe superato brevioribus, stigmate terminali cylindraceo, “ capsula parva 
ovata turgida ecalcarata leviuscula acumine brevissimo adscendente, semi- 
nis nucleo angusto alato-marginato, ala terminali brevissima.” Meisn. 
Haka myrtoides. Meisn. in Plant. Preiss. v. 1. p. 577. 
_ Anative of Swan River Settlement, and raised from seeds 
Sent to this country by Mr. Drummond. It is extremely dif- 
ferent from any previously-described species, but, perhaps, most 
allied to Hakea ruscifolia, La Billar. The bright-red flowers (so 
unusual in the genus), nestled among the foliage, have a very 
pretty effect. It blossoms in the Royal Gardens in February. 
Descr. An adscendent or rather straggling shrub, a foot or 
a foot and a half in height, rigid, much branched; dranches 
terete, younger ones puberulous. eaves generally very patent 
and slightly tortuous so as to have a squarrose appearance, ovate- 
lanceolate, sessile, subcoriaceous, with very indistinct, close- 
pressed pubescence, plane, or the sides slightly recurved, the 
margins thickened and running out at the apex intoarather 
_ APRIL Ist, 1852, : 
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