No. 353. 
HAKEA PUGIONIFORMIS. 
Class. Order. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Seeds of this plant were received among 
some of the first arrivals from Botany Bay. 
It is a free grower, and attains the height of 
four or five feet, forming a handsome 
greenhouse shrub, and producing plenty of 
flowers. These are odoriferous, and al- 
though not showy, have a neat and lively 
appearance. It may be propagated by cut- 
tings with facility. The most proper soil 
for it is a mixture of loam and peat. It is 
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. 
The term pugioniformis, ordagger-shaped, 
has been long established, and therefore 
must remain, in order to avoid confusion. 
— we cannot help inking, set 0° 
es such as are ke from the fancied 
resemblance of any of their parts to instru- 
ments of human destruction. Why should 
