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use as powder to mix with the grease with which 

 they anoint their bodies. Some travellers assert 

 that it gives them so rank an odour, that they some- 

 times could not bear the smell of those who were their 

 guides. In fact the foliage of all the five last mention- 

 ed generas, if rubbed by the hand while on the plant, has 

 a very strong smell, some of them very agreeable, others 

 disagreeable. They are all heath-like and evergreen 

 small neat growing shrubs. They require while growing 

 luxuriantly to have their young shoots topped to make 

 them bushy ; drain all the pots well, and keep them in 

 airy situations, and not crowded with other plants, or 

 they will become slender and unsightly. 



Drydndras. This genus is closely allied in character 

 and habits to Banksia, and contains above sixteen 

 species. D. nivea, has a most beautiful foliage, very 

 long and deeply indented. D./ormosa, has a scent like 

 the fruit of an Apricot. D. nervosa, D. floribunda, D. 

 armata, D. plumosa, D. Baxteri, D. nervosa, and D. fal- 

 cdta, are the most conspicuous, and all highly desirable 

 plants in collections. They are very delicate of importa- 

 tion ; flowers are straw and orange coloured and thistle- 

 like. Seeds in small cones. Treat them the same as 

 directed for Bdnksias. 



DilltuyniaS) above twelve species, and plants very little 

 known. D. floribunda, D. teretifblia, and D. phylicoides, 

 are desirable plants ; flowers small, papilionaceous, and 

 colour yellow. They are very liable to suffer from too 

 much wet ; while dormant, therefore, the pots must be 

 effectually drained. 



Dampibras, four species. The genus is named in ho- 



