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BANKS/^'* undulata. 

 Waved-leaved Banksia. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



Nat. ord. Proteacea:. 



BANKSIA. — Supra, vol. 8. fol. 688. 



B, undulata ; foliis cuneato-oblongis obtusis dentatis undulatis subtus reticu- 

 latis glabriusculis, stigmate cylindraceo sulcato, caule arboreo. 

 Rami cinerei, tomentosi. Folia 4-5-uncias longa, cuneata, obtusa, vix 

 Iruncata, in petiolo sensim attenuata, grossc serrata, undulata, subtus 

 viridia, reticulata, glabra, costd tomentosd. Amenta oblonga, obtusa ; 

 bractese tomentosce. Calyx fulvo-sericeus, stylo multh brevier. Stylus 

 rectus, ascendens, nunquam recurvatus. Stigma oblongum, sulcatum, 

 glabrum. 



Whether this is any thing more than a variety of 

 Banksia serrata, we cannot undertake to decide. It is 

 certainly not the same as the plant cultivated in our 

 Gardens under that name, differing in the shortness of 

 its leaves, and their very undulated surface. Mr. Campbell, 

 Gardener to the Comte de Vandes, in whose collection it 

 exists, finds it permanently distinct both from B. serrata 

 and semula. 



It is a fine greenhouse plant, attaining a height of 9 or 

 10 feet, and flowering in September and October. 



Branches ash-coloured, downy. Leaves- 4 or 5 inches 

 long, cuneate, obtuse, scarcely truncate, tapering by degrees 

 into the petiole, coarsely serrated, wavy, green beneath. 



* Named in compliment to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, late 

 President of the Royal Society, — a gentleman who will ever be remembered 

 with gratitude, as the kindest friend, the firmest supporter, the most powerful 

 protector, that has yet been recorded in the history of science. 



