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 Hakea nitida. Shining-leaved Hakea. 



CZflss awe? Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 4-petala, irregularis. Antherce apicibus concavis 

 corollae immersae. Glandula hypogyna, dimidiata, (raro 

 biloba.) Folliculus superus, ligneus, 1-locularis: loculo 

 excentrico. Seminum ala apicis longior nucleo. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Hakea nitida ; foliis lanceolatis oblongisve basi attenuatis 

 spinuloso-paucidentatis integrisque nitidis subvenosis 

 ramulisque glaberrimis, capsulis bicalcaratis ovatis 

 gibbosis apice compressis intus laeviusculis. Brown 

 in Lin. Soc. trans. 10. p. 184. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Hott. 

 p. 384. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 208. 



This handsome shrub was first found by Mr. Brown on 

 the southern coast of New Holland in his voyage with 

 Captain Flinders. And was introduced into the Kew Gar- 

 den by Mr. Peter Good in 1803. The specimen from 

 which our drawing was taken was communicated by Messrs. 

 Whitley, Brame, and Milne, from their ample collection 

 at Fulham, where it flowered in April 1821. It requires to 

 be protected from frost. 



