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A1 a ca da mi a temifolia, F.v.M. 
The Queensland Nut. 
(Natural Order PROTEACE>E.) 
Botanical description. — Genus, Macadamia , F.v.M., in Tracis. Phil. Inst., Vict. y 
ii, 72. 
Flowers. —Hermaphrodite. 
Perianth. —Regular or slightly irregular, the tube opening earlier on the under side, and the 
segments, at least the lower ones, less revolute than in Helicia. 
Anthers .— On short filaments inserted a little below the laminae, the connective produced into a 
gland or very short appendage. 
Hypogynou8 glands. —Equal, distinct or united in a ring or cup round the ovary. 
Ovary .— Sessile, with a long straight style, ovoid or clavate at the end, with a small terminal 
stigma ; ovules 2, descending, laterally attached at or near the top. 
Fruit. —Globular, indehiscent, with a hard thick putamen, and rather thin fleshy exocarp. 
Seeds. —Either solitary and globular, or two and hemispherical ; testa membranous. 
Cotyledons. —Thick and fleshy. 
Trees or tall shrubs. 
Leaves. — Verticillate, entire, or serrate. 
Flowers .— Pedicellate in pairs, in terminal or axillary simple racemes, the pedicels not connate. 
Bracts. —Very deciduous. 
Botanical description. —Species, M. temifolia, Trans. Phil. Inst., Viet., ii, 72 r 
with a plate. 
A small tree with very dense foliage, glabrous, or the young branches and inflorescence minutely 
pubescent. 
Leaves.— Sessile or nearly so, in whorls of three or four, oblong or lanceolate, acute, serrate, with 
fine or prickly teeth or entire, glabrous and shining, from a few inches to about 1 ft. long. 
Racemes. —Almost as long as the leaves, with numerous small flowers, the pairs often clustered 
or almost verticillate. 
Pedicels. —At first very short, and not above 2 lines when in fruit. 
Perianth .— Minutely pubescent or glabrous, nearly 3 lines long. 
Hypogynous glands .— United in a ring. 
Ovary. —Villous ; style-end clavate. 
Fruit .— With a 2-valved fleshy exocarp; the putamen globular, smooth and shining, thick and 
woody, often above 1 inch in diameter. —(B.F1. v, 406.) 
