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38. DRYANDRA. 



Char. Gen. (7a/yi» quadripartitus v. quadrifidus. Stamina 

 apicibus concavis laciniarum iminersa. Squamulce hypo- 

 gynse quatuor. Ovarium biloculare, loculis monospermis. 

 FoUiculus bilocularis, ligneus : Dissepimento libero, bifido. 

 Heceptaculum commune planum, floribus indeterminatim 

 confertis, paleis angustis, raro nullis. Involucrum commune 

 irabricatum. 



Habitus. YvuWcq?, pier umque humiles. ^ami dum adsinf 

 sparsi vel umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. incisa, 

 plantcB juvenilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, terminalia, 

 raro lateralia sessilia,foliis confertis interioribus quandoque 

 nanis obvallata, hemisphcerica, bracteis adpressis, in qui- 

 busdam apice appendiculatis. 



Obs. Dryandra of Thunberg, first publislied in Flora pis 

 Japonica, being not generically difierent from Aleurites, 

 which was previously established by Forster, I have pe- 

 culiar satisfaction in giving the name of my respected 

 friend, Mr. Drtandeu, to a genus so nearly related to 

 Banksia, from which indeed it differs chiefly in Inflores- 

 cence, but in that respect so widely as to be at once dis- 

 tinguishable : there is also something in the habit, especially 

 in the leaves of the greater number of species, by which, 

 independent of the parts of fructification, the genus is 

 pretty certainly indicated ; and it is worthy of notice, that, 

 while Banksia is generally spread over all the coasts of 

 New Holland and of Van Diemen's Island, Dryandra has 

 hitherto been observed only on that part of the south coast 

 called Lewins Land, where, however, its species are nearly 

 as numerous and abundant as those of Banksia itself. 



*1. D. floribunda, foliis cuneiformibus inciso-serratis, 

 involucri bracteis exterioribus glabriusculis, oalycis laminis 

 glabris, stigmate subclavato obtuso. 



