Macadamia
(named after John Macadam, M.D., Secretary of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria). ORD. Proteaceae. A small genus (two species) of green-house evergreen trees or tall shrubs, confined to Eastern Australia. Flowers pedicellate, in pairs, in simple, terminal or axillary racemes; perianth regular or slightly irregular. Leaves verticillate, entire or serrated. For culture, see Hakea.
M. ternifolia (ternate-leaved).* fl. not showy, in a long-stalked raceme. fr. a kind of drupe, with a fleshy exterior, encircling a hard shell, like a Walnut; it contains, at maturity, a kernel of a remarkably rich and agreeable flavour, resembling, although much superior to, the Filbert. l. in whorls of three or four, short-stalked, leathery, shining, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, entire or dentate at the margin, from 4in. to 12in. long. h. 30ft. 1869. Tree. (G. C. 1870, 1181.)