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paler below. It grows some five or six feet in height. 

 Native of Australia. 



B. Cunninghamii. — This forms a dense and handsome 

 shrub of six or eight feet high. The leaves are from 

 two to three inches long, and scarcely half an inch 

 broad, linear in shape, the apex prsemorse, as if bitten 

 straight off, the upper surface dark green, silvery below. 

 A very handsome species, especially when adorned with 

 its large head of flowers, which resemble bottle brushes. 

 Native of Australia. 



B. dryandroides. — In this species we have perhaps the 

 most gracefiil of the whole family, and when young, one 

 of the most elegant table decorators we ever saw em- 

 ployed for that purpose. It grows about six feet high ; 

 the stem is clothed with reddish brown hairs ; the leaves 

 are from six to ten inches long, and scarcely a quarter 

 of an inch broad, pinnatifid, divided almost to the mid-rib, 

 the lobes triangular, deep green above, and reddish brown 

 below. Native of Australia. 



B. elatior. — This species attains a height of fifteen or 

 twenty feet. The leaves are from six to ten inches long, 

 and one inch broad, linear-oblong in shape, tapering 

 slightly at the base, and deeply toothed at the edges, 

 deep green on both sides, the mid-rib on the under side 

 being clothed with rich brown coloured hairs. Native 

 of Australia. 



B. foliosa. — A handsome and distinct species. The 

 leaves are from six to ten inches long, or more, and 

 from one to two inches wide, oblong in shape, with 

 prettily serrated edges, deep green above, greyish beneath. 

 Native of Australia. 



B. integrifolia. — This is also a very handsome species, 

 g'rowing some ten or twelve feet high. The leaves are 

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