Drummondiane. N. O. Proteacez. 
TAB. CDXXXIII. 
HAKEA PLATYSPERMA. 2. Sp. 
Foliis tereti-filiformibus apice mucronato-spinosis, capsulis glo- 
boso-compressis ecalcaratis rugosulis, valvis exacte hemisphe- 
ricis intus concavis cribrosis, seminibus orbicularibus latissi- 
me alatis hinc levibus illinc disco muricatis. 
Has. Swan River Colony, New Holland. Mr. Jas. Drummond. 
The fruit, perhaps, of the Hakee in general, will be found to © 
afford excellent characters for distinguishing the species: and 
here the capsule is very remarkable and very much resembling — 
castanets. Each valve is hemispherical, concave within, and 
there having several irregular openings, 2 or 3 lines deep: these 
are occupied by the spine-like processes of the back of each seed: 
and these seeds are so large as to fill the whole area of the valves. 
Fig. 1. Inner view of a seed. f. 2. Outer view of do. show- 
ing the muricated disk. f. 3. Side view of a seed, showing the 
smooth inner, and the muricated disk of the outer surface :— 
. Size, 
