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prominent: flower-clusters small, dense, sessile in the axils of the upper 

 leaves: corolla glabrous, strongly recurved: capsule about 1 in. long, ~y 2 

 to % in. broad, with a short incurved beak, somewhat rough, sometimes 

 covered with conspicuous tubercles. Illustration: Fig. 1. 



This makes a good foliage plant but has no special character 

 for which it can be recommended ; seldom planted. 



Fig. 1. Hakea saligna. 



2. H. nitida R. Br. 



A large shrub with glabrous and bright-green dense foliage: leaves 

 oblong or narrowly obovate, 1% to 3 or 4 in. long; either entire, obtuse, 

 and with a small sharp tip, or with a few prickly teeth, acute, and sharp- 

 pointed; thick and veinless or obscurely feather- veined: flower-clusters 

 white, conspicuously stalked in the leaf -axils: corolla glabrous, straight: 

 capsule 1 in. or more long, % in. broad, with a conical horn near the end of 

 one or both of the valves, smooth. Illustrations : Fig. 2 ; Bot. Mag., pi. 2246 / 



Fig. 2. Hakea nitida. 



