1430 



BANKSIA* (iiu'rcifolia. 

 Oak-Jed veil BanksKt. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGl^NIA. 



Nat. or d. PuoTEACEiE Juss- — {Introduction to the natural system i>J 

 Botany, p. 68.) 



BANKSIA.—Supr^, vol. 8. fol. 688. 



B. (jncrcifolia ; foliis oblongo-cuneatis subtruncatis glabiis scrrato-incisis 

 nuKTOiiatis, j)eriantliii laininis aristatis ! folliculis glabriusciilis. Brown 

 in Linn, trans. 10. p. 210. Prodr. 390. Romcr et Schultcs, 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 has yet found its 

 way into our periodical 15otanical works. For the oppor- 

 tunity of making the present drawing, we are indebted to 

 Mr. Lee, of Hammersmitli, 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 j)oint, 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. 



