PLATE LXXXII. 



BANKSIA 8ERRATA. 



Sawed-leaved Banhfia. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TE TRJNDR I A MOXO G YNL4. Four Clm es. 



Seftreb. Gen, riant. |<)1. 



One Poinlal. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, quadrifi- 

 Jum, inferum. 



Corolla monopetala; tubus cvlindraceus, bre» 

 vidimus; limbus longiflimus, quadriparti- 

 tusj laciniis lioearibus, apice lanceolatis, 

 interne foveola excavatis, acutis. 



Stamina. Filamenta nulla. Anthera.- quataor, 

 lanceolatav, in foveola laciniarum corolla 

 fefliles. 



Pistillum. Gernien fuperum, minutum. Sty- 

 lus fililbrmis, rigidus, corolla longior. Stig- 

 ma pyramidatum,- acutntn. 



Pcricarpium. Capfula ovata, feu globofa, lig- 



nof.t, unilocularis, bivalvis. 

 Sohna duo, obovata liinc convexa hide plana, 



ala membranacea terminata. 



Obs. In quibufdam fpeciebus feminibus inter- 

 jectum eft diflepimentum liberum, figura 

 et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti, co- 

 riaceo-lignofum, femibifidum. Grtetmr Jc 

 frua. 



Emfalbmbnt. Cup of one leaf, four-cleft and 

 beneath. 



Blossom of one petal; tube cylindrical, and 

 \ery lliort ; border very long, of four divi- 

 fions; fegments linear, lance lhaped at the 

 ends, having final 1 holes on the infide, 

 which are hollowed out and lharp. 



Chives. Threads none. Tips four, lance- 

 fhaped, fitting clofe within the final] holes 

 of the fegments of the bloflbm. 



Poixtal. Seed-bud above and very lmall. 

 Shaft thread-fliaped, flirt", and longer than 

 the bloflbm. Summit pyramidal, and (harp 

 pointed. 



Seed vessel. Capfulc cgg-fliaped or globular, 

 woody, one cell, two valves. 



Seeds two, inverfely egg-fhaped. convex on the 

 one tide and flat on the other, having a 

 ikinny wing at the end. 



Obs. In fome fpecies there is found between the 

 feeds a loofe partition, the lhape and fize of 

 the hollow of the cell, tough, woody, and 

 half cleft in two. Gnetrtcr on fruits <>>:J 

 seeds. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Eankfia foliis linearibus, in petiolum attenuatis, Eankfia with linear leaves, tapering to the foot- 



xqualiter ferratis, apice truncatis cum mu- ltalks, equally tawed at the edge, appearing 



crone. cut off at the end with a lharp point. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Flower, the fummit not yet efcaped from the Chives. 



2. The fame with the fummit relieved; magnified, to lhew more clearly the fhape of the 



petals, and the lingular fituation of the Chives. 



3. The Pointal, natural fize. 



4. A ripe Seed. 



This fpecies of Bankfia, was the firlt to vegetate amongfl the number of different feeds, which were 

 received by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, from Botany Bay in 1783; thus, has the pre-eminence of fe- 

 niority here, to all the plants which have been introduced from thence, to Great Britain. From the 

 living and dead fpecimens we have already feen, this Genus bids fair to rival Protea in the number of 

 its different fpecies; from which, nature feems to have marked but a flight line for Generic diltinc- 

 tion. Our figure was taken fiom a plant now in flower in the greenboufe, (we believe for the firlt 

 time in Europe,) at the agreeable retreat of J. Old, Efq. Purfer's-crofs, Fulham, being nearly feven 

 feet high; indeed, we have feen fpecimens which have attained to twelve feet, and more. It is in- 

 creafed by cuttings, and will grow in almoll any earth. The cones to which the feed-veflels are 

 fixed, fomething refemble thole of the ftone pine, but much larger, and the wood more hard: the 

 feeds are inclofed in capfules which are placed at a confiderablc diflancc from each other, at irregular 

 intervals; the fpaces filled up with long harfli threads, and apparently abortive feed-veflils. 



