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BANKSIA* quércifolia. 
Oak-leaved Banksia. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PnorgACEE Juss. — (Introduction to the natural system of 
Botany, p. 68.) 
BANKSIA.—Supra, vol. 8. fol. 688. 
B. quercifolia; foliis oblongo-cuneatis subtruncatis glabris serrato-incisis 
mucronatis, perianthii laminis aristatis ! folliculis glabriusculis. Brown 
in Linn. trans. 10. p. 210. Prodr. 396. Römer et Schultes, 3. 443. 
This shrub is a native of Lewin's Land, in New Holland, 
whence it is said to have been introduced in 1805. It 
appears to flower very rarely, as no figure bas yet found its 
way into our periodical Botanical works. For the oppor- 
tunity of making the present drawing, we are indebted to 
Mr. Lee, of Hammersmith, in whose conservatory it blos- 
somed in April last. 
The branches and leaves are entirely destitute of pubes- 
cence: the latter are oblong, wedge-shaped, tapering 
gradually to the base, with very regular toothings, each of 
which is terminated by a bristle. The heads of flowers 
are on short stalks, and about three inches in length. The 
segments of the calyx are remarkably reflexed, and each 
elongated into a slender, subulate, brown point, which is 
what Mr. Brown calls being aristate, covered with hairs of 
the same nature as those upon the rest of the calyx, except 
that they are shorter. 
The follicles, which we have not seen, are said to be 
nearly smooth. J. L. 
* See fol. 1316. 
