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21, G. Wickhami, Meissn. — Usbome's Harbour, N.W. Coast, Wickham ; 

 Roebuck Bay, Martin ; King's Sound and Collier Bay, Chapman ; Port Dar- 

 win, Schultz ; Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller. 



G. stenobotrya, F. v. M. ; G. longistyle, Hook ; G. juncifolia, Hook ; G. 

 gibbosa, R. Br. — Recorded in National Herbarium Census from North Aus- 

 traUa. 



3. HAKEA, Schrad. 1797. 



(Gonchium, 8m., 1798 ; Mercklinia, Regel, 1857). 



Section I. Flowers in oblong or cj^Undrioal or rarely short racemes, 

 without any involucre. Perianth much revolute. Stigmatic disc oblique or 

 lateral, flat or broadly conical. Tropical or sub-tropical species. 

 Leaves usually terete very long. 



Racemes as well as the whole plant quite glabrous. — 2. H. chordo- 



phylla. 

 Racemes pubescent or villous. 



Leaves 8 to 12 in. long. Torus oblique. — 4. H. digjnia. 

 Leaves mostly above 1 ft. long. Racemes 3 to 6 in. long. Peri- 

 anth-tube 4 to 5 hnes. 



Torus very obHque. — 3. H. Cunninghamii. 

 Torus scarcely obUque. — 7. H. lorea. 

 Leaves under 6 in. long. — 5. H. intermedia. 



Leaves flat, linear, usually long. 



Seed-wing not at all or scarcely decurrent along the nucleus. 



Racemes 3 to 6 in. long. Perianth villous, 5 to 6 lines long. 



— 8. H. macrocarpa. 

 Racemes under |-in. long, pedunculate. Perianth silky under 

 2 hnes. — 1 . H. arborescens. 

 Seed-wing decurrent on both sides round the base of the nucleus. — 9. 

 H. stenophylla. 



Section II. Racemes usually short or reduced to sessile clusters, enclosed 

 before their development in an involucre or bud of imbricate scales. Perianth 

 revolute, at least under the hmb. Stigmatic disc oblique or lateral, flat or 

 slightly convex, without any cone. — 6. H. leucoptera. 



1. H. arborescens, R. Br. — Lat. 19 degrees 16 min.. Survey route, G. F, 

 Hill (No. 425), 4/7/1911. Specimen without flowers. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Henne ; Cope- 

 land Island, A. Cunningham ; Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, 

 Armstrong. 



2. H. chordophylla, F. v. M.— Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller ; Kekwick 

 Springs, Waterhouse. 



3. H. Cunninghamii, R. Br. — Bay of Rest, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Nichol Bay, Gregory's Expedition ; Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



4. H. digyna, Ewart and Davies (Plate IX.). — ^Newcastle Waters, G. F 

 Hill (No. 471), 17/7/1911. 



Tree 20 ft. high. Leaves terete, smooth, from 8 to 12 in. Racemes 

 cyhndrical, from axils, 6 to 9 cms. long. Rachis glabrous, pedicels and 

 perianths pubescent. Pedicels 8 mm. long. Torus obhque ; gland large, 

 horse-shoe shaped. Ovary stipitate ; stigmatic disc broad, obhque, convex. 



Specimen without fruit. 



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