TFEATE.. CCCCLVII. 
BANKSIA SPINULOSA., 
rs horny-leaved Banksia. 
C4055 IV. -ORDER 1. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Four Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHAR ACTER. 
Recerracutum commune elongatum, squa- Common receptacle elongated, scaly: blossom ~ 
mosum : corolla tetrapetala : stamina lim- of four petals: chives inserted into the 
bo inserta : capsula bivalvis, disperma, dis- limb of the blossom: capsule with two _ 
sepimento mobili interjecto : semina alata, valves, two seeds, and a moveable partition 
between them: seeds winged. 
See Banksia serrata, Pl. LXXXII, Vol. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ; 
Banxsta foliis linearibus, longis, margine revo- Banksia with long linear leaves, rolled back at 
lutis, sub-apices spinulosis : ramis patenti- the edges, and towards the ends furnished 
bus, ad basin foliis sparsis, superne fasci- with little thorns: branches spreading, thin 
culatis, of leaves at the base, which are bundled. 
| together on the upper part of the branches. 
a 
REFERENCE To THE PLATE, 
1. A flower, 
2. A blossom spread open, one chive magnified. 
3. The pointal, summit magnified, 
a 
Tur flowers of this Banksia bear a 
Pl. 156, but very distinct in the foliage, 
vents them from being so generally cultivated as they would otherwise be; since, when in flower, they 
sh pia both curious and beautiful, Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of 
oe nas puke of Northumberland, at Sion-House near Brentford 3. where, under the care of 
PER docs iteetana 2 of this genus are in very great perfection, 
