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Itavcs lanceolate, very entire, fmooth." The capfnlea are 

 larger than in any other known fpecies, one-cdL-d, aud 

 opeiiino; longitudinally on the lower fido ; there are two 

 feeds of a rufous cinnamon colour, convex on one fide and 

 flat on the other, with a large, membranaceous, vtinkfs 

 wiiig. 6. B. gihhojd, gibbous-fruittd B. B. dtiElyloldes , 

 Ga;rtn. 221. t.47. f. 2. " Flowers folitary ; capfiiles ovate, 

 gibbous, wrinkled ; leaves columnar." Leaves about two 

 inches long, and one line in diameter, pale green, and 

 fmooth. Dr. Smith fays that the B. daaylo'uL's of Gxrtncr 

 and this arc diiferent f ecies. 7. B. mufcuHformh, mufcle- 

 fruitcd B. " Flowers folitary ; capfules ovate-conical, 

 mufcle-fhaped, pointed, with tubercles on the outfide ; leaves 

 obovate, emarginate." Leaves alternate, from fix to eight 

 inches long, and three broad ; flowers in a (hort limple ra- 

 ceme, in which only one or two fruits ripen ; the capfule 

 from one inch to two i:!clies or more in lengti, woody, with 

 roundilh tubercles, variegated brown and rull colour, one- 

 celled ; the feeds are two and- dark' bay. 8. V). fp'mukfa, 

 pvickly-k-aved B. " Leaves linear-revolute, with a little 

 (harp point, and with fpinous deiiticulations towards the 

 lop." Stern woody and branched ; leaves irregularly feat- 

 tered, clofely covering the branches, on very (hort foot- 

 Ihilks, green and fmooth above, white and downy beneath, 

 ending abruptly, tipped with three fmall fpines, and having 

 feveral hooked upwards in the margin ; flowers thick fet in 

 a cylindrical eredt fpike, coming out in pairs. It differs 

 from B. erkitfolia, in having leaves at lead four times as 

 long, obtufe, but with a fmall central .'harp point from the 

 midrib between two other terminal points, as well as in 

 liaving a greater or lefs number of fmall (liarphooked late- 

 ral teeth towards the end of each leaf. The inhabitants of 

 New South Wales call it " Wattangre." All thefe plants 

 arc natives of that country, except the 7th,- which Rum- 

 phius obferved in Amboina, in 1693. This genus is nearly 

 allied to Protia and Embolhrhim in appearance and character, 

 but fuf&ciently dittinguilhed from both in the fruit. It 

 boafts fome of the moll fpecious plants that have been dif- 

 covered in the South feas, and even in the known world. 

 Thofe with folitary flov/ers and one-celled capfules (5, 6, 

 7.) form a feparate genus, which Dr. Smith names Salif- 

 iiiria ; which fee. 



Propagallon and Culture. Some of the fpecies have flow- 

 ered. and feeded here ; they have been increafed merely by 

 feeds. Thefe, and the plants in general from the South 

 feas, are hardy, confidering their climate, and may be 

 treated m-.ich in the fame manner with the Cape plants ; tliey 

 eovet much air, and flouriill beft near the front of the dry 

 ftove. Martyn's Miller. 



Banksia, Foijl. See PimeleA. 



Banksia AhylJin'tca, or Cusso, fo called by Mr. Bruce 

 after fir Jofeph Banks, an inhabitant of the high country 

 of AbyiTuiia, and indigenous there. Mr. Bruce, who has 

 defcribed and given a drawing of it, and who rtprefents it 

 as one of the moll beautiful and ufeful trees, fays, that he 

 never faw it in the Koila nor in Arabia, nor in any other 

 part of Afia or Africa. It feldom grows above 20 feet 

 high, and generally inclined ; its leaf is about two inches 

 and a quarter long, divided into two by a (Irong rib ; its co- 

 lour is a deep unvarnifhed green, very pleafant to the eye, 

 and the fore-part is covered with foft hair or down ; it is 

 much indented, and refembles a nettle leaf, only that it is 

 narrower and longer. The leaves grow alternately by pairs 

 upon a branch, terminating with a (ingle leaf at-the point ; 

 the end of the llalk is broad and ftrong, like that of a palm- 

 b«-anch ; and it opens in the part that is without leaves, 



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about an inch and an half from the bottom, and from this 

 aperture proceeds the llower. i he whole duller of flowers 

 has Very much tiie (liape of a duller of grapes, and the 

 ftalk that fupports it ufembles the llalk of the grape; the 

 flower itftlf is of a greenilh colour, tinged with purple ; 

 when fuliv blown, it is altogether of a deep red or purple ; 

 the corolla confills of five petals, with a (hort pillil in the 

 middle, having a ro\md head, and furroundcd by eight (la- 

 mina of the fame form, loaded with yellow farina. The 

 Cilyx confills of five petals, which much rtfcmble another 

 flower ; they are rounded at the top, and nearly of an equal 

 breadth every way. The bark of the tree is fmootli, of a 

 ycllowifli white, interfperfed with brown ilreaks wliich pafs 

 through the whole body of the tree. On the upper part, 

 before the (irft branch of leaves fet out, are rings round the 

 trunk of fmall filaments, of the confidence of horfe-hair ; 

 thel^-' are generally 14 or 16 in number, and are a very re- 

 markable char^dlerillic belonging to this tree. The tree is 

 always planted near churches for the ufe of the town or 

 village ; and it is very ferviceable as an antidote to a diforder 

 to which the Abyflinians of both fexcs and a' all ages are 

 fubjedl. livery individual once a month evacuates a large 

 quantity of worms of the kind called afcarides ; and the 

 method of promoting thefe evacuations is by iniufinf a 

 handful of dry CulTo flowers in about two Englidi quarts of 

 bouza, or the beer that is made trom teff ; after it has been 

 deeped all night, it is next morning fit for ufe. The feed 

 of this tree is very fmall, fmallcr than the femen Santonicum; 

 It is cafily flied ; and on this account no great quantity of 

 the feed is gathered, and therefore the flower is fubftituted 

 for it. It is bitter, but much kfs fo tliau the femen San- 

 tonicum. Mr. Bruce conceives that this plant may be found 

 in latitudes 11" or 12° north in the Well Indies or Ame- 

 rica ; and having been found a gentle, fafe, and efF.eacious 

 medicine in Abyflinia, it is not doubted but the fuperior 

 flvill of phyficians would turn it to the advantage of man- 

 kind in general, when ufed here in Europe. Bruce's Tra- 

 vels, vol. v. Appendix, p. 73 — 76. 



Banksia, in Eniomolo^y, a fpecies of Papilio [Nymph.) 

 with angulated wings ; above brown, with a yellowifli diik, 

 and a black ocellar fpot with a double pupil. Fabricius. 

 This is a native of New Holland, and is the Papilio If- 

 m^ne of Cramer. 



BANKSII, a fpecies of Scarab^eus {Milolontha) de- 

 fcribed by Fabricius from a fpecimen in the mufeum of fir 

 Jofeph Banks. The head and thorax are black ; wing-cafes 

 villofe, and with the legs tedaceous ; abdomen (hort and 

 ret ufe. 



Banksii, a fpecies of Cim ex {Rcdiivhis) that inhabits 

 India. It is rufous above, with black wings ; abdomen 

 deep black ; border rufous. Fabricius. 



Banksii, a fpecies of Chrysomela that inhabits Cala- 

 bria. It is braffy above, beneath tedaceous. Fabricius. 



Bamksii, a fpecies of Cerambyx [Lanilii), that is found 

 at the cape of Good Hope. It is of a grtyilh colour ; tho- 

 rax flightly fpined ; wi;ig-cafes fpeckled with ferruginous, 

 and marked with two ci!iereous bands. Fabricius. 



BANLEUGA, or Bannileuga, or Banlie v, in il//V- 

 d/e yfge IFri'tis, the territory within which the jurifdittion 

 of municipal magidrates, or ordinary judges of a city, town, 

 or the like, is confined. 



It is thus called, becaufe within this tradl they may make 

 their proclamations, prohibitions, and other atts of jullice 

 and policy, comprifed under the name of Ban, or Ban- 



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BANN, in Geography, a river in Ireland, which rifes in 



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