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BANKSIA LATIFOLIA. BroaD-LEAVED 
BankSIA. — 
Ge ee eo oe ss Os 
Class and Order. 
Terranpria Monoeyrnia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor.1-petala. Stam. apicibus concavis corolla immersa. 
_ Squamule hypogyne. Folliculus ligneus, 2-locularis : 
 loculis 1-spermis ; dissepimento libero, bifido. Amentum 
flosculorum paribus tribracteatis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Banxsta latifolia ; foliis obovato-oblongis spinuloso-ser- 
ratis basi acutis subtus costatis reticulatis cinereo- 
tomentosis, coroll2 unguibus sericeis: laminis glabri: 
caule fruticoso. Brown in Lin. Soc. Transac. 10. p. 
208. Prodr. 394. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 217. 
| Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 3. p. AAI. 
Banxsta Robur. Cavan. ic. 6. p. 29. t. 543. 
Banksia Dilleniafolia. Knight et Salisb. Prot. 113. 
Banxsta uncigera. Knight et Salish. Prot. 112. 
Gis a 
_M. Cavantures describes this shrub as a tree thirty feet 
high, in which he is followed by Mr. Sattssury; but we 
are informed by Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus, that it is 
_ only a low shrub, growing plentifully _in_the marshes 
_ Rear Sidney, New South Wales. This mistake respecting 
ts height originated with Mr. Neé, whose observations, 
however, wi regard to altitude, texture, and utility of 
its timber, belo * Mr. Brown observes, to Banksia serrata, 
At the time of the publication of Arron’s Hortus Kew- 
it appears not to have flowered in this country. In 
~ fine conservatory belonging to Enwarp Gray, Esq. at 
ngay House, where our drawing was taken, it flowered 
last August 
