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while the specific name, iutegrifolia, signifies " entire leaf," in reference 

 to the margin of the leaf. 



The leaves are lance-shaped, or oblong, wedge-shaped, blunt-ended, 

 quite entire, but sometimes irregularly toothed, 3 to 4 inches long, in some 

 specimens much longer, and from i to near 1 inch broad; white under- 

 neath, with a iioD very prominent network of veins. The young shoots 

 and young leaves are covered with wcolly hair till nearly full grown. 

 Flower spikes from 3 to 6 inches long, oblong, cylindrical. Fruit cone 

 oblong, cylindrical, seed capsules prominent, but not thick as in the Saw 

 or Red Banksia (Baiiksia serrata). 



The Coast Banksia is found in the south-east of Victoria, but it has 

 also been reported from the Grampians. 



The timber is pinkish in colour, beautifully grained, and takes a good 

 polish ; it is, however, but little used as an ornamental timber, being em- 

 ployed chiefly for ribs and knees in boats, bullock yokes, &c. 



The flower is, as a rule, a profuse yielder of both nectar and pollen. 

 The honey obtained from it is somewhat high-coloured, rather strong, and 

 has a distinct aroma peculiar to the Banksias; it candies quickly and 

 hard. 



The Silver BANKi?i.\ {Banksia marginata). 

 Fig. 58. 



The Silver Banksia, generall\' known as " Honeysuckle," is the most 

 widely distributed of the Victorian si>ecies, being found east, west, north, 



Fig. 58. 



and scutli. It is usually a bushy shrub of from 10 to 15 feet high, grow- 

 ing sometimes into a tree of considerable size, sometimes low, straggling, 

 or depressed. 



Leaves broadly linear, or oblong, lance-shaped, blunt, often square at 

 the ends, usually smooth-edged, 1 to 2 inches long, but in flowerless 



