MS HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
sissimis: radicula brevi infera. — Arbor; foliis-alternis Imparipinnatis ; 
foliolis dentatis ; floribus in racemos axillares dispositis; pedicellis in 
axilla bractearum singularum 2-nis, alte connatis. (Chi *.) 
90. Bellendena R. Br.°® — Flores regulares hermaphroditi. Perian- 
thii foliola 4, æqualia, libera, patentia, caduca. Stamina A, hypogyna, 
libera ; antheris basifixis oblongis, introrsum 9-rimosis. Germen stipite 
brevi articulatum, 1-loculare ; ovulis 2, orthotropis subsuperpositis des- 
cendentibus ; stylo apice ebtuso, 1-sulcato v. subintegro sligmatos0. 
Fructus siceus obovato-compressus, hinc infra apicem stylo persistente 
adpresso hamatus, indehiscens ; margine altero subalato. Semina 1, 2 ; 
embryonis carnosi radicula infera. — Frutex ; foliis alternis ineiso- 
dentatis:; floribus in racemos terminales peduneulatos dispositis ; pedi- 
cellis alternis solitariis v. raro 2-nis; bracteis 0. (Tusmania *.) 
II. BANKSIEÆ. 
91. Banksia L. riz. — Flores regulares hermaphroditi ; perianthii 
recli v. demum ineurvi, marcescentis diuque persistentis, foliolis A: 
liberis v. basi connatis, apice antherifero dilatatis concavis et diu cohæ- 
rentibus. Antheræ 4, subsessiles lineares, muticæ v. apiculatæ, introrsum 
2-rimosæ. Squamulæ hypogynæ 4. Germen sessile ; ovulis 2, collate- 
raliter adscendentibus, lateraliter insertis, hemitropis ; micropyle exiror- 
sum infera; stylo gracili, sæpe subulato, recto v. falcato, sæpe plus 
minus incurvo; convexitate extus à perianthio fisso prominula ; ad 
apicem clavato v. cylindraceo, rarius sub apice repente nodoso incras— 
sato, plerumque sulcato. Folliculi lignosi, inflorescentiæ rachi incrassatä 
lignosa plus minus immersi, compressi, 2-loculares ; dissepimento libero 
lignoso, 2-fido, e seminum integumentis connais formaio ; demunl 
2-valves. Semina in locellis singulis 1, apice cuneato-alata ; .nueleo 
dissepimenti lacunæ semiimmerso. — Arbores fruticesve ; folis alternis 
v. verticillatis, rigidis coriaceis, planis v. revolutis subteretibus, integris 
v. sæpius dentatis v. pinnatifidis ; floribus in spicas strobiliformes ovalas 
1. G. Avellana MoL., loc. cit. 374 ; Suppl., 16. — Gurizem., Jcon. lith., t- 7. 
&: Spec. cite — : 
GC. GAY, Fi. chil., N, 342. — Quadria hetero.  — MEISSN., Prodr., 347.— Bellendenia ENDL-> 
phylla R. et PAY., loe. cit, Gen,, n. 2144. ni 
2. In Trans. Linn, Soc., X, 48, 166; Prodr., 3. Spec. 1. B. montana B. BR. dné- Er ° 
