60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40040 to 40064— Continued. 



40048. Hakea dactyloides (Gaertn.) Car. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub with erect branches, narrow 3-nerved 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and small white flowers in axillary clusters, 

 found along streams in New South Wales. 



40049. Hakea gibbosa (Smith) Cav. 



Distribution. — A shrub with cylindrical, sharp-pointed leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long and small white flowers in sessile, axillary clusters, found 

 in the vicinity of Port Jackson in New South Wales. 



40050. Hakea leucoptera R. Brown. 



"This plant if* commonly known as the needle bush or pin bush, 

 and from its fleshy roots a good drinking water can be obtained in 

 the arid regions in which it grows. A circle a few inches deep is 

 dug around the base of the tree ; the roots, which run horizontally, 

 are soon discovered. They are divided from the tree and torn up, 

 many of them being several feet in length. They are then cut into 

 pieces, each about 9 inches long, and placed on end in a receiver ; and 

 good, clear, well-tasting water is obtained. The timber obtained 

 from this tree is coarse grained and soft ; it takes a good polish and 

 is sometimes used for tobacco pipes, veneers, etc. Specific gravity, 

 0.818." (Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia.) 



"An evergreen shrub, 5 to 8 feet high, with white flowers." 

 (Guilfoyle, Australian Pla.nts, p. 201.) 



40051. Hakea microcarpa R. Brown. 



Distribution. — A shrub up to 6 feet in height, with cylindrical 

 leaves from 1 to 4 inches long and bearing axillary clusters of white 

 flowers with tubes 4 inches long, found in Tasmania and in New 

 South Wales and Victoria, ascending the Australian Alps to an 

 elevation of 6.000 feet. 



40052. Hakea pugioxiformis Cavanilles. 



" Seeds of this plant were received among some of the first arrivals' 

 from Botany Bay. It is a free grower and attains a height of 4 or 5 

 feet, forming a handsome greenhouse shrub and producing plenty of 

 flowers. These are odoriferous, and although not showy have a neat 

 and lively appearance. It may be propagated by cuttings with 

 facility. The most proper soil for it is a mixture of loam and peat. 

 It is by no means a tender plant and merely needs protection from 

 frost in the winter season. It usually blooms in the latter part of 

 the summer." (Loddiges's Botanical Cabinet, vol. -'/, p. 353.) 



40053. Hakea ulicina carinata Mueller. 



"Leaves usually linear lanceolate or linear, pungent, 4 to 8 

 inches long, prominently 1 to 3 nerved beneath; perianth anil 

 pedicels glabrous; fruit rarely above one-half inch long, with a short, 

 straight beak. The foliage resembles the European furze." (Bailey. 

 Cyclopedia, of American Horticulture.) 



Distribution. — A tall shrub found near Adelaide and on the Bugle 

 Range in South Australia. 

 40054 and 40055. Isopogon spp. Proteacese. 



40054. IsopogOn anemonefolius (Salisb.) Knight. 



stem shrubby, 3 feet high, villous. Leaves scattered, rigid. 

 nerved, smooth, erect, lengthened downward so as to resemble a 



