NATIVE HONEYSUCKLES OR BANKSIAS. 53 
large assemblage of plants, represented in many widely distant 
countries, showing no variation thus far. 
Before leaving the Grevilleas, it should be remarked, that 
thirteen species only of about one hundred and fifty of this genus 
occur within 
Athi anitarot ‘Wie, XXIL 
this colony ; 
one of these 
is exclusively 
alpine, and 
tends with 
other plants 
to establish 
the fact, that 
the majority 
of the plants 
of our snowy 
mountains are 
of types repre- 
sented by the 
same genera, 
but often not 
by the same 
Species, in our 
lowlands. <A 
rare Grevillea 
of West Gipps- 
land (G. Bark- 
lyana) —pro- 
duced broad 
lobed leaves, 
sometimes 
nearly a foot 
long. Grevil- 
leas are not 
known out 
Fie. XXIII.—(Hakea rostrata).—1, summit of sepal or 
j _ petal with its anther; 2, pistil; 3, pollen-grain; 4, seeds; 
of Australia 5, embryo ; 6, transverse section of the same. 
