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171. G. dimidiata F. v. M. 



Careening Bay (A. Cunn.) ; Ord River (W.V.F.). 



A tree of 20ft.; trunli to 10ft.; diameter 9in.; bark greyish- 

 brown, and moderately tough ; timber reddish, straight- 

 grained, and not very hard ; flowers yellow ; fruits similar 

 in shape, size, and viscidity to those of O. mimosoides R. 

 Br., from which this species can only be readily separated 

 when in flower. Allan Cunningham's specimens are in leaf 

 only and are therefore doubtful. 



172. Hakea Cunninghamii R. Br. 



A tree 15-20ft. ; trunk 10ft. ; diameter 1ft.; bark dark-grey, 

 rough, somewhat corky and longitudinally fissured, timber 

 brownish and fairly close-grained ; flowers yellow. 



173. H. lorea R. Br. 



A tree of 20ft. ; trunk 8ft. ; diameter 9-1 2in. ; bark dark-grey, 

 J— fin. thick, rough, corky, deeply longitudinally fissured ; 

 timber brownish, and not very hard, flowers yellow. The 

 " Cork-tree " of the West Australian Goldfields, where it 

 is regarded as an indication of the existence of fresh water 

 at shallow depths. 



174. H. suberea S. Moore is the western form of H. lorea, R. Br. 



175. H. macrocarpa A. Cunn. 



A tree of 20ft. ; trunk 9ft. ; diameter 9in. ; bark dark-grey, very 

 rugged, often corky, longitudinally fissured ; timber 

 brownish and fairly hard ; flowers usually on the old wood, 

 white to greenish-white. 



176. H. arboresoens R. Br. 



A tree 20-30ft., trank to 12ft., diameter 1ft., bark dark-grey 

 or blackish, rough, thick, deeply longitudinally fissured ; 

 timber brown and rather hard and tough ; flowers white 

 or pink. 



177. H. Morrisoniana (W.V.F.) n. sp. 



Aborescent ; young leaves sericeous ; leaves entire, long-linear, 

 obtuse, much compressed but rather thick and rigid, of 

 a greyish hue, veinless, with scarcely evident broad mid- 

 ribs and somewhat thickened margins ; flowers numerous 

 in shortly pedunculate racemes, either lateral on the old 

 wood or axillary on the younger growth, solitary or several 

 together, and often forming short panicles which are 

 occasionally terminal through leaf-suppression ; pedicels, 

 rachises and perianths densely silky pubescent, the 

 tomentum closely oppressed and short ; perianth-tube 

 slightly dilated at the base, revolute beneath the limb, 

 torus oblique ; gland prominent, horseshoe-shaped ; ovary 



