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Macadamia tcrnifoUa. 



QUEENSLAND NUT. 



This sub-tropical Australian tree sometimes grows to a height 

 of 60 feet, but in Hawaii is of medium size. It is symmetrical and 

 handsome, having dark green, shiny foliage, and long tassel-like 

 white flowers. Its glabrous leaves are sessile, oblong, lanceolate, 

 serrate, with fine prickly teeth, and come in whorls of 3 to 4, vary- 

 ing in length from a few inches to a foot. Flowers small ; fruit 

 has a thick, very hard shell, which when ripe is a smooth, shiny 

 l^rown. The kernel is white, crisp and sweet, and has the flavor 

 of hazel nuts. It may be eaten either raw or roasted. The tree 

 matures it:, fruit in the Fall months, and is easily propagated from 

 tlie fresh nuts. 



