581 
BANKSIA Linn. fil. Endl. gen. n. 215T. 
Meisn. gen. pag. 333. (246.) 
Sect L EubalVKSIa Endl. Stj^lus calycc longlor, ungui- 
bus citius solutis hinc arcuatim exsertus, stigma laminis 
tardius secedentibus inclusum. Amentum floriferum cy- 
lindraceum, rarius abbreviatum sphaeroideum , fructiferi 
folliculis transversis v. obliquis pluribus 
1. 
-— 7 7 ' ^ 
obliquisj ventricosiSj apice compressiusculis. — R.Br, prodr. 
pag, 391. 
In confragosis sylvae ad l.itus orientale montis Wuljeniip, alt. 500 ped. Plan- 
tagenet, d. 14. Oct. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 486, tl. et fr. et in aliginosis inter 
Restiones prope oppidum Guildford, d. 31. Aug. 1839. No. 487 fl. et fr. In gla- 
reoso-lapidosis inter frutices montis ad Two -peopled Bay. No, 494. flor. et in 
8}Iva ad latus meridionale montis Barrow, Piantagenet, m. Nov. 1840. No. 497 
(steril.) (Ora austr., A. Cunningham! in Hb. DC, — Swan-River, Drummond 
No. 648, 649, et Coll. I.) 
„Frutex 2-4 -pejalis". Hamuli teretes, cano -tomentosi. Folia semi- 
erecta ,, glabra , laevla, linearia, pollicaria v, paulo breviora, rarius subbi- 
polHcaria, % lin. lata, supra piano -convexa, subtus mari^inibus arete re- 
volutis siibcanaliculata, ex apice obtuso brevissinie miicrouulauta. Amentum 
densissime multiflorum, receptacnlo ovoideo tomento croceo densissimo la- 
nuginoso 
fis longlu; 
paHidus ^ 
(e basi levissime incrassata attenuate) obtusiusculo. Strobilus fructiferovi 
Gallinacei majoris mole, folliculis crebris, lanugine densa croceo-fusca crispa 
nusquam adhaerente semiiinmersis, horizontalibus v. leviter obliquis, depres- 
sis, apice turgidis, niargine obtuso glabris.l 
2- BankiSia nutan.s R-Bn fruticosa, foliis acerosis, mu- 
cronatis, amends nutantibus, calycibus sericeis, folliculis 
apice dilatatis depressis. — K.Br. 1. c. 
In region, interior. Australiae merid.-occid., m. Oct, 1840. Herb. Preiss. 
No. 499. 
„Frutex strobilis oblongis". — Specimen mancuin, baud rite de- 
terminandum, babitu et foliis circ. pollicaribus praecedenti simile, sed di- 
versum ramulis glabris subangulatis , foliis tenuioribus patulis subteretibus, 
subtus unisulcis (marginibus subtus revolutis subcontiguis) calycis pube bre- 
viore pallidiore magisque adpressa, stigmate breviore et folliculis dimidio 
minoribus magis depressis apice baud turgidis undique tomentosulis. — An 
vera B. nutans? an n. sp.? ') 
•) Ex»tat inter plantas Drummondianas coll. I. (Hb. DC! etShuttl. !) Banhaiae sp. 
ant uova aut ad B. nutantem referenda , quod fructu ignoto , dijudicarc non audemas. 
