264 PROTEACEAE • THYMELEACEAE 



GREVILLEA. Stems downy. Ls. alternate or in clusters, linear, pointed, 

 margins recurved. 



* G. rosmarinifolia. 7. February-June. E. Ls. 2, dark grey-green above, 



silvery white below. Fls. i, red, in terminal racemes. Australia. 

 (Fig- 51 D.) 



* G. sulphurea. 7. May-June. E. Ls. i, prickly pointed, pale below, almost 



hairless. Fls. i, pale yellow, in terminal and axillary racemes. Australia. 



* GuEViNA AvELLANA. Chilean Nut. 40. August. E. Branchlets stout, downy. 

 Ls. alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate; Iflts. ov., up to 7 long, rounded or straight at 

 base, sharply toothed, leathery and glossy. Fls. ivory-white, in axillary racemes. 

 Fruit f, a hard nut, finally black; seeds edible. Chile. (Fig. 20 a.) 



* Hakea saligna. April-May. E. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 6, blunt-ended or 

 with minute point, veins very indistinct. Fls. small, white, in dense axillary 

 clusters. Fruit i, beaked. Australia. (Fig. 119 f.) 



LOMATIA. Branchlets downy. Ls. alternate, leathery. 



* L. ferruginea. 30. April-May. E. Branchlets covered with reddish brown 



velvety down. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. 3, deeply and pinnately lobed, dark green 

 above, tawny down below. Fls. ^, red and yellow, in axillary panicles. 

 South America. (Fig. 20 B.) 



* L. ohliqua. 12. E. Ls. ov., 4, blunt-ended, coarsely round-toothed, glossy 



green above, tawny below, stalk brown. Fls. not seen. South America. 

 (Fig. 104 H.) 



* Telopea truncata. Tasmanian Waratah. 25. June. E. Branchlets stout, 

 covered with brown down. Ls. alternate, oblanc, 4, entire or toothed near apex, 

 leathery, dull green above, glaucous below, crowded. Fls. i, crimson, in terminal 

 heads up to 3 across, style long and curved. Seed-pod 2, cylindrical, curved. 

 Tasmania. (Fig. 127 j.) 



Family 86. THYMELEACEAE. P (4-5), A2-10, Gi 

 Ls. alternate, entire, without stipules. Fruit a berry. 



DAPHNE. Buds small. Ls. alternate, obov., oblanc, stalkless, often crowded 

 at end of shoot. Fls. small, with a petal-like perianth, in terminal or axillary 

 clusters. 



{a) Fls. in axillary clusters 



D. collina. See under {h). 



* D. Genkzva. 4. May. D. Ls. lane, 2, silky-hairy below. Fls. |, hlac. 



China and Japan. 

 D. Houtteana. Purple-leaved Daphne. 4. April. \ E. Ls. oblanc, 4, purple. 



Fls. pale lilac. Hybrid. 

 D. Laureola. Spurge Laurel. 4. February-March. E. Stems hairless. Ls. 



oblanc, 4, dark green, thick and firm, hairless. Fls. yellowish green, in 



stalkless clusters on old wood. Berry egg-shaped, bluish black, poisonous. 



Europe (including Britain), North Africa, West Asia. (Fig. 127 A.) 

 D. Mezereum. Mezereon. 5. February-March. D. Stem with hairs. Ls. 



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