148 
Hakea nervosa, Knight, Trot. 108; H. ferruginea, Lodd., Bot. Cab., t. 1501 
with no doubt, I think; not of Sweet. 
Botanical Name. — Hakea, already explained (see Part XLYI, p. 106) ; 
dactyloides, from two Greek words daktulos (dactylus, the Latin form) a finger, or 
dactylis, a long grape like a finger, and oidos, like. The fruits ( e.g ., in Gaertner’s 
figure referred to under “ Synonyms ”) are often clustered together like grapes, and 
are somewhat elongated. In Plate 179 the fruits are shown fully ripe and open, 
when the resemblance to a buncli of grapes is less apparent. 
In the Botanical Magazine, vol. lxvi, t. 3760, is a figure of this plant in 
flower, where it is called “ Pinger-leaved Hakea.” I never saw any human fingers 
of this shape, and do not recommend this designation for adoption. 
Vernacular Name. — -I know of none which can with certainty be attributed 
to this plant. 
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Timber. —This shrub—it can hardly be called a small tree, it is too small 
for timber; it is sometimes used for handles, but it has no conspicuous merit. 
Size.—I do not remember having seen this species more than 15 feet high, 
with a trunk diameter of more than a few inches. 
Habitat. —It extends from the extreme north of Victoria, all through coastal 
New South Wales and its table-lands and coastal ranges, to the Queensland border. 
A precise Queensland locality remains to be recorded. 
It is one of the species collected at Botany Bay on Captain Cook’s voyage by 
Banks and Solander. See a figure in Britten’s “ Illustrations of the Botany of 
Cook’s voyage,” tab. 267, p. 82. 
In the Flora Anstraliensis it was only known from Port Jackson and to the 
north as follows:— 
Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 12, and many others; Clarence River, 
Beckler; New England, C. Stuart. 
Polio wing are some specimens represented in the National Herbarium, 
Sydney:— 
Dividing Range, Victoria (C. Walter). I have no more definite locality, but 
on this specimen I record it from Victoria. 
Localities connecting with Victoria and Port Jackson, New South Wales, 
are:— 
Monga or Sugarloaf Mountain, Braidwood (J, L. Boorman) ; Conjola, near 
Milton (W. Heron) ; West Dapto (R. H. Cambage); Barber’s Creek (H. J. 
Rumsey) ; Wingello (J. L. Boorman); Bundanoon (J. Lumsden), varying much 
in width of leaves. 
