Hakea

Remarkable tree. — (Hakea?) — Dip of the strata. —

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

Remarkable tree. — (Hakea?) — Dip of the strata. —

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

The Hakea shrub from Australia was introduced to South Africa to serve as a hedge, and is now infesting whole forests, displacing native trees and smothering smaller plants.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

Brown: Tree Hakea: Like Eucalyptus, hard and heavy: 15: 4 to 6.

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King

The sides of the mountains were bare of underwood, and their summits covered with large masses of iron stone, among which were growing enormous trees of Angophera, and some straggling plants of Hakea.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 Various

Considering the great similarity of much of the flora of South Africa to that of Australia, it is probable that some species of the water-bearing _Hakea_ might be found there.

Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

(_Eucalyptus dumosa_ and _gracilis_) -- the Box (_Eucalyptus hemiphloia_) and the Water Bush (_Hakea leucoptera_).

Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

One of them held in his hand some twigs representing the Hakea flower in bloom; these he pretended to steep in water so as to brew the favourite beverage of the natives, and the man sitting opposite him made believe to suck it up with a little mop.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

Hakea flower totem, dramatic ceremony concerned with, 119, 121

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897

We will begin with a ceremony of the Hakea flower totem in the Arunta tribe, as to which it may be premised that a decoction of the Hakea flower is a favourite drink of the natives.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897