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HAKEA* linearis. 

 Linear-leaved Hakea. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Proteace;e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 68.) 



HAKEA.—Suprd, vol. Q.fol. 475. 



§. Folia omnia plana, aliqua v. omnia dentata v. incisa. 

 H. linearis ; foliis lineari-oblongis sessilibus impunctatis spinuloso-dentatis 



mucronatis junioribus integerrimis, ramulis glabris, corymbis axillaribus 



foliis brevioribus. 

 H. linearis. R. Brown prodr. 384. Romer et Schidtes syst. veg. 3. 421. 



Sweet, fi. australas. 43. 



Frutex sempervirens, dumosus, ramis ramulisque glabris, viridi-castaneis ; 

 his angulatis. Folia plana, nitida, glaberrima, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, 

 spinuloso-dentata, mucronata, junior a integerrima; omnia impunctata, avenia, 

 costd obscurd evanescente. Flores albi, leviter odorati, corymbis axillaribus 

 folio brevioribus, congesti ; rachis glabra, alba; pedicelli clavati, glabri ; 

 bractete minima, squamiformes. Calyx 4-phyllus, sepalis linearibus, apice 

 recurvis, glabris, subcampanidatis . Ovarium glabrum. Stylus fliformis, 

 sepalis longior, apice recurvus ; stigma simplex, subdilatatus . 



A native of the barren plains of Lewin's Land, on the 

 south-west coast of New Holland. 



In this country it forms a very beautiful evergreen bush, 

 remarkable for the glossiness and rich deep bright green of 

 the leaves. The flowers are produced in great abundance. 

 As a species it stands next H. florida, from which it is 

 readily known by its leaves not having the little impressed 

 dots, nor its branches the hairs, to be seen in that species. 



Our drawing was made in August last, in the Nursery 



* So named by Professor Schrader, in compliment to Baron Hake, a 

 patron of the Botanic Gaiden at Hanover. 



