Hakea Decurrens
''Hakea decurrens'', commonly known as bushy needlewood, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. Description ''Hakea decurrens'' is a semi-prostrate to erect scrambling bush or small tree tall. Smaller branches have short densely matted silky hairs, occasionally some quickly becoming smooth. Leaves are needle-shaped, widely spreading horizontally are long and wide. The smooth leaves are grooved on the underside ending with a sharp point long. The inflorescence consists 1-6 white or pink flowers on a short white or rusty slightly hairy or densely matted hairy short stalk. The hairs extending onto a long pedicel (botany), pedicel. The smooth perianth is long. The Style (botany), style is long. A profusion of flowers appear in leaf axils from May to September. The grey woody fruit are broadly egg-shaped long and wide covered in distinct warts ending in a prominent beak with two small horns. Taxonomy and naming ''Hakea decurrens'' was first form ...
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Robert Brown (botanist, Born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, notably erecting a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders. Early life Robert Brown was born in Montrose on 21 December 1773, in a house that existed on the site where Montrose Library currently stands. He was the son of James Brown, a minister in the ...
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