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38. DRYANDRA. 



Char. Gen. CdLyse quadripartitus v. quadrifidus. Stamina 

 apicibus concavis laciniarum irnmersa. Squamulce hypo- 

 gynae quatuor. Ovarium biloculare, loculis monospermis. 

 Fotticulus bilocularis, ligneus : Dissepimento Jibero, bifido. 

 Receptaculum commune planum, floribus indeterminatim 

 confertis, paleis angustis, raro nullis. Involucrum commune 

 imbricatum. 



Habitus. Frutices pier unique humiles. Rami dum adsint 

 sparsi vel umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. incisa, 

 plants juvenilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, terminalia, 

 raro later alia sessilia,foliis confertis interioribus quandoque 

 nanis obvallata, hemispJiarica, bracteis adpressis, in qui- 

 busclam apice appendiculatis. 



Obs. Dryandra of Thunberg, first published in Flora [212 

 Japonica, being not generically different from Aleurites, 

 which was previously established by Forster, I have pe- 

 culiar satisfaction in giving the name of my respected 

 friend,. Mr. Dryander, to a genus so nearly related to 

 Banksia, from which indeed it differs chiefly in Inflores- 

 cence, but in that respect so widely as to be at once dis- 

 tinguishable : there is also something in the habit, especially 

 in the leaves of the greater number of species, by which, 

 independent of the parts of fructification, the genus is 

 pretty certainly indicated; and it is worthy of notice, that, 

 while Banksia is generally spread over all the coasts of 

 New Holland and of Van Diemen's Island, Dryandra has 

 hitherto been observed only on that part of the south coast 

 called Levvins Land, where, however, its species are nearly 

 as numerous and abundant as those of Banksia itself. 



*1. D. floribunda, foliis cuneiformibus inciso-serratis, 

 involucri bracteis exterioribus glabriusculis, calycis laminis 

 glabris, stigmate subclavato obtuse 



