Banksia marcescens ; fol s lai 
truncatis extra medium dentato-serratis : basi acutius- 
cula, -Tamis weetccey calyeibus_persistentibus fol — 
Cnet nl 
| Drscr._ : A shrub from four to six feet ot high i in our collec- 
ultimate and younger branches 
3 ntti f Leaves scattered, wo to three inches long, erecto- 
, rigic |, oblong, cuneate at the base, petiolate ; petiole 
f “4 inch long; truncate at the extremity, the upper 
half deeply dentato-serrate, the lower half entire ; the upper 
side deep green, the under white, with numerous green, 
minute reticulations : the midrib is prominent on the = 
