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BANKSU* littoralis. 





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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Proteaceje Jussieu. 



botany, p. 68.) 



BA NKSIA . 



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B, littoralis ; foHis elongato-linearibus spinuloso-dentatis basi attenuatis 



subt5s aveniis, perianthiis deciduis, folliculis compressis bracteisque 



strobili apice tomentosis, caule arboreo, ramulis tomentosis. — Brown in 



Linn, trans. 10. p. 204. Prodr. 392. Romer et Schultes, 3. 438. 



Frutex zn horto orgyalis, ratnulis gracilibus purpureo-cinereis villosis. 



J'oha linearia, in^petiolo attenuatay apice truncata^ spinuloso-dentata 



prcssertim ultra medium^ suprd subtilissimd pubescentiaj subtils albo'lanata^ 



avema, costd denudatd. Amentum cy lindraceum , calycibus ritjis bracteisqne 



sericeis, stylis rigidity purpureis. 



A native of the southern part of New Holland, where it 

 was found by Mr. Brown without flowers. It is now not 

 uncommon in our conservatories, but rarely flowers. Our 

 drawing vi^as made in the conservatory of his Grace the 

 Buke of Northumberland, at Syon, in March last. 



If we can judge from our wild New Holland specimens, 

 the species is subject to variation in the denticulations of 

 the leaves. We have what appears to be identical with 

 this, with some leaves altogether entire, and the remainder 

 very slightly toothed. ^ 



^ A shrub, growing as high as a man in our conservatories, 

 with slender purple-gray villous branches. ^ Leaves long, 

 hnear, tapering to the petiole, truncate, spinous-toothed. 



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