128 AUSTRALIAN BOTANY. 



Inlet, Western Australia, is sometimes met with in 

 groups or single specimens on the hill-sides, and frequently 

 in the valleys. Its handsome tufted heads of bright scarlet 

 bloom, in contrast with the dark green of the foliage, renders 

 it a most attractive object in the landscape. There are up- 

 wards of 150 species of Eucalypts confined to Australia and 

 some neighbouring islands, but none are known in New 

 Zealand. For further particulars concerning this genus, see 

 also chapter on ' Australian Vegetation.' 



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Hakea. — (Natural Order, Proteace^e.) Pp. 26, 32, 42, 

 79, 204. — A very large, widely-spread genus, distributed 

 throughout the Australian continent, and particularly plenti- 

 ful in Western Australia. About one hundred kinds have 

 been enumerated, all indigenous to this continent ; of these 

 a few only belong to Victoria. Eleven species are said to 

 be found in South Australia. None of the tribe are re- 

 markable for any special qualities, though all are objects of 

 interest from a garden point of view, on account of their 

 peculiar foliage, flowers, and seed-vessels. A few kinds are 

 used as hedge plants in the bush. The genus is peculiar to 

 Australia. 



Hawthorn.— CRATAEGUS. (Natural Order, Rosacea.) 

 Pp. 35, 43. — The Hawthorn bears a fragrant flower, and is 

 commonly known in England by the name of May or 

 Hawberry, May being the month when the plant puts forth 

 its fragrant white or pink blossoms. It grows freely in 

 Australia, and is often used for hedges. 



