Na, 241. 
` BANKSIA OBLONGIFOLIA. 
= Class. Order, 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
i TTT 
This is one of the first species which was 
introduced SS New South Wales, whence 
it was bronght about the year 1792. It was 
many knotty es vs on DE den espe- 
cially near the root, which is frequently 
enlarged by them into a kind of irregular 
woody bulb. 
The WS of ION ER is Eh, is 
and usually from wood four or five years 
old. It is above a year growing before the 
flowers open, which on our plant was in the 
month of November. 
It is extremely difficult to propagate ` is 
except by seeds, which are occasionally 
brought to this country. Like those of all 
this genus, they are enclosed in cells, which 
are excessively hard, and disposed as the 
flowers, forming a sort er, which in the 
VOL. III. 
