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Additional Notes Added by the Present Writer. 



Stipules. — Linear, acute, villous. 



Dissepiment. — Dark brown, similar in both forms. 



Seeds. — Black, flat, and ]iointed, with a broad, dark brown, 

 semi-transparent wing. 



Seedlings. — 



Cotyledons. — Two, rarely four, oblong, § of an inch long, 

 sessile. 



Leaves. — The first pair are opposite, the others alternate, 

 sessile, linear. | to 2 inches or more in length, tapering 

 to the base, sharply serrated, and terminating in one, 

 two, or three fine points, margins sHghtly recurved, 

 upper surface smooth and green, lower surface white, 

 tomentose. 



Synonyms. 



Banksia collina, R. Brown. 



B. denticiilata, Dum-Cours (formerly tlie synonym of B. 



spintilosa). 

 B. ledifolia, A. Cunningham. 

 B. Citnninghamii, Sieber. 

 B. liitoralis, Lindley. 

 B. prionophylla , F. v. Mueller. 

 B. marginata, var. macrostachya, Hort. 



Habitat of the Combined Forms. 



Victoria ; found generally in mountain districts, but occasion- 

 ally on the neighbouring plains, as at Foster (in swamps). 

 New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 



The seedlings exhibited were raised from seed obtained from 

 both forms, and are indistinguishable. Some of the specimens 

 of the mature plants show distinctly leaves of both types on the 

 one branch. 



These facts make it clear that there is no essential difference 

 between the two forms, either in the seedhng or mature stage, 

 and the name with the right of priority is undoubtedly B. 

 spinulosa. 



Ornithologists' Union. — The next session of the R.A.O.U. 

 will be held in Melbourne, commencing on Wednesday, 4th 

 November, and a party is being organized to spend a fortnight at 

 Mallacoota Inlet for field observation. Intending excursionists 

 should communicate with the hon. secretary, Mr. A. C. Stone, 

 71 Tivoli-road, South Yarra. 



