Proteacea.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 
becomes free, and presents a hollow on either face, in which the nueleu 
Sir Joseph Banks, the eminem on of Captain Cook, 
Lia (Br. Prodr. Suppl. 35) ; arborea, ramulis cano-tomentosis, fv.lus pettolatts an- 
guste lineari-oblongis basi attenuato-cuneatis obtusis truncal isve groase dentatis glabris v. cost a subtus 
tomentosa margine planis nervis subtus parallel is dhraricatu pagim infaaon impfe*so-pundulata. spi™ 
cylindrica, perianthio sericeo.— Bot. Mag. t. 3120; Maisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 158. Q 
Hab. On two hills, called the Sisters, between Rock? ami Table ( Japes, 00 the N 
Gunn.—(F\. Jan.) 
Distrib. South coast of Australia, between Lucky Bay and Cape Arid. (Cultivated in England.) 
This remarkably handsome plant appears to be restricted to one locality in Tasmania. 1 have compared it 
lb the I aamanian. A 
with naked trunk and branches, bearing tufts of leaves al their extremities onh 
Leaves very coriaceous, flat, 4-5 inches long, f inch broad, graduallj tapering from 
mentose footstalk, blunt, truncated at the apex, coarsely serrated •. margins tlat •, upper surface u 
under paler, glabrous or pubescent on the costa, covered with impres-ed dots, which are lacuna' between the ulti- 
mate ramifications of the nerves ; main nerves horizontal and parallel, our io each tooth. ('■■„>■ generally longer 
than the leaves, 4-7 inches, cylindrical, blunt, twice as long a- broad, young denseK covered with h. .,..,) loinentum. 
Perianth-lobes with a -mall silky lamina, and long, wiry claw. Stigma small. 
2. Banksia Australia (Br. Prodr. 393); arborea v. fruticosa, ramulis ineanis plantis junioribus 
ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis (1-2-pollicaribus) linearibus lan c eolatis v. cuneato-lanreolatis plantis jtinio- 
ribus gTosse serratis senioribus minoribus angustioribus apicc obtusis retuso-truneatisve, margimbus re- 
curvis, supra convexis medio sulcatis subtus niveis reticulars costa valida, ipioa oblongs brew v. elongate, 
perianthio sericeo.— Bot. Beg. 787. 
Var. a; arborea, foliis plantis senioribus linearibus obtusis truueatisve subintegerrimis.— B. Australia, 
Br. 1. c. B. Australis et B. Gunnii, Meisn. I. c. {Gunn, 728, 1233.) 
Yar. 0. depressa ; eaule prostrato, foliis cuneato-lanoeolatis integris v. apinoloao-dentatis.— B. depress, 
Br. Prodr. 393 ; Linn. Tram. x. 205 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 456. B. depressa, ft rabintegra, Maim. 
in Rook. Bot. Journ. iv. 210, anno 1852. B. patula, Brown et Meisn. I. c. {Gunn, 12S4, R)02.) 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island, ascending to 3000 feet.— (II. Nov.) Col. name, " Honey- 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia ; Victoria, Mueller. (Cultivated in England.) 
I have no hesitation in reducing B. depressa, Br., B. Gunnii, Meisn., and B.pattdc. 
Tasmanian specimens of it are concerned), to B. Austral!*, having seen all • -"- r »»im s 
testimony to the impossibility of distinguishing them. Tl 
high, but it sometimes becomes arborescent, and at others dwarf. 1 he charaet rs m the toliage. 
diagnoses have been drawn, may all be found on one individual and ai 
a marked difference between young and old plants, the former 
uiobose or ol 
ibrous on the back, or silky i 
