BANKSIA. 



woolly ; limb fmooth. .Stigma capitate, deprefled. — -Native 

 of dry heaths, near the fea-fhore in Lewin's land, on the 

 fouthern coaft of New Holland, where it was found by Mr. 

 Brown, and fent to Kew in 1805, but had not yet flowered 

 there in 18 10. The haves are not longer than the finger- 

 nail. 



2. B. fpharocarpa. Round-fruited Bankfia. Ait. n. 2. 

 — Leaves acerofe, entire, pointed. Corolla hairy all over, 

 externally. Stigma awl-lhaped. Cones globofe. Follicles 

 tumid, rather comprefTed at the fummit. — Found on low 

 heaths in Lewin's land. Sent to Kew by Mr. Peter Good, 

 in 1803. The lea-ves are an inch long. 



3. B. nutans. Nodding-flowered Bankfia. Ait. n. 3. — 

 Leaves acerofe, entire, pointed. Catkins drooping. Corolla 

 filky. Follicles dilated at the fummit, dcpreffed. — On dry 

 heaths near the fhore of Lewin's land, where, like the two 

 former, it was gathered by Mr. Brown. 



4. Y). enc'tfolia. Hcath-leavcd Bankfia. Linn. Suppl. 127. 

 Willd.n. 7. Ait. n.4. Banks Ic. Ined. apud Bibl. Linn. 

 t. 4. Andr. Repof. t. 156. Curt. Mag. t. 738. Cavan. 

 Ic. V. 6. 27. t. 538. (Bankfia; Wliite's Voy. 225. t. 22. 

 f. I.)— Leaves acerofe, cmarginate, with two teeth ; entire 

 at the edges. Catkins elongated. Corolla filky. Stigma 

 capitate — Native of the eallern coaft of New Holland, on 

 rocky heaths near Port Jackfon, from whence it was fent 

 by Dr. White, among the firft botanical communications 

 from that country, and is now in feveral green-houfes, 

 flowering at various times of the year. This fpecies was 

 however firft difcovered by fir Jofeph Banks and Or. So- 

 lander, in their celebrated voyage. The Jlem is three or 

 four feet high. Leaves very numerous, the length of the 

 nail, evergreen, fmooth, revolute. Floiuers bright yellow. 

 Catkins five or fix inches long. Follicles abrupt, rough with 

 rufty, deciduous hairs. 



5. B. Jpinulofa. Prickly -leaved Bankfia. Sni. Bot. of 

 New Holl. 13. t. 4. Willd. n. 6. Ait. n. 5. Andr. Repof. 

 t. 457. Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 26. t. 537. — Leaves linear, revo- 

 lute, with fpinous teeth towards the end, and three terminal 

 ones, the intermediate ti.oth longeft. Corolla fmooth inter- 

 nally at the bafe. Stigma awl-lhaped Native of dry heaths 



about Port Jackfon. Larger than the laft. Leaves from one 

 to three inches long ; white beneath. Corolla yellow. Ex- 

 pofed part of xSxeJIyles purple. 



6. B. ioUina. Hill Bankfia. Br. n. 6. — Leaves linear, 

 with fpinous teeth ; veiny beneath ; their terminal tooth 

 inortett. Scales of the catkin obtufe, downy at the extremity. 

 CoroUa fmooth internally at the bafe. Stem Ibrubby. — Ga- 

 thered by Mr. Brown on dry open hills about Hunter's river. 

 New South Wales. 



7. B. occidentalis. Weft-coaft Bankfia. Ait. n. 6 



Leaves linear, with fpinous teeth beyond the middle ; vein- 

 lefs beneath. Scales of the catkin fmooth at the extremity. 

 Corolla withering ; bearded internally at the bafe. Follicles 

 tumid, downy ; rather comprefTed and naked at the fummit. 



Stem (hrubby. Young branches fmooth Found by Mr. 



Brown, in heathy ground, at Lewin's land. 



8. B. liitoralis. Sea-fide Bankfia. Ait. n. 7. — Leaves 

 linear, elongated, with fpinous teeth ; veinlefs beneath ; 

 tapering at the bafe. Corolla deciduous. Follicles com- 

 prefied, downy at the fumnnit, as well as the fcales of the 

 catkin. Stem arboreous. Young branches downy.-— Found 

 by Mr. Brown on the fandy (horcs of creeks in Lewin's land. 

 The flowers were paft. 



9." B. marginata. Various-leaved Bankfia. Cavan. Ic. 

 7. 6. 29. t. 544. Ait. n. 8. 



B. .B. microftachya ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 28. t. 541, exclud- 

 ing the reference to B. dentata of Linnasus ! 



■>-. Brown. 



Leaves linear, abrupt, pointed, either entire or toothed 

 with fcarce-vifible veins beneath. Ultimate branches hairy' 

 Scales of the catkin all fmooth at the end ; the larger ones 



acute. Stem ftirubby Native of heaths, in the neicrhbour- 



hoodof Port Jackfon, New South Wales. The/i-m is^lfua^y 

 fix feet high. Leaves generally entire, fhorter than the catkin, 

 fcarcely exceeding two inches in length ; their under fide 

 white and downy. Floijuers orange -coloured. In variety 

 the leaves are bordered with fpinous teeth, and lefs revolute, 

 fometimes exceeding the length of the unufually fmall cat- 

 kins, y is a dwarf ditTufe ftirub, with flattifh, wedge-fhaped, 

 fpmous-toothed leaves, longer than the catkins. Brown. 



10. Y). deprejfa. Proftratc Bankfia. Br. n. 10. Leaves 



long-wedgeftiaped, abrupt, pointed, fpinous-toothed ; (lightly 

 ribbed and veined beneath ; rather longer than the catkins, 

 all whofe fcales are downy and obtufe. Stem proftrate. 



Ultimate branches hairy Found by Mr. Brown, in ftony 



ground at the roots of the mountains in Van Diemen'sifland, 

 towards the fouth. 



n. Y>. patula. Spreading Bankfia. Br. n. 11. Leaves 



linear, fomewhat wedge-lhaped, abrupt, pointed, very fpar- 

 ingly toothed ; reticulated with veins beneath. Scales of 

 the catkin downy at the fummit and obtufe. Keel of the 

 limb of the corolla fmooth. Stem diffufe. Ultimate 

 branches downy. — Difcovered by Mr. Brown, in Flinders' 

 land, on the fouth coaft of New Holland, growing amongft 

 other ihnibs, in barren elevated fpots. 



12. B. aujlralts. South-coaft Bankfia. Br. n. 12. 



Leaves linear, abrupt, pointed, entire, revolute ; reticulated 

 with veins beneath. Ultimate branches downy. Scales of 

 the catkin obtufe, nearly equal ; downy at the fummit. 

 Keel of the limb of the corolla very llightly filky. Stem 

 arboreous. — Obferved by Mr. Brown, every where in the 

 open fields of Van DIemen's ifiand, as well as by the fea- 

 iide ; and alfo on the fouth coaft of New Holland, near Port 

 Phillip. 



13. B. infularis. Infular Bankfia. Br. n. 13 Leaves 



linear -oblong, or fomewhat wedge-ftiaped, (lightly rounded, 

 pointed, either fcattered or whorled ; reticulated with veins 

 beneath. Scales of the catkin obtufe, externally downy. 



Follicles compreffcd ; fmooth at the fummit Native of the 



iflands of the Bafs ftrait, as well as of that of Van Diemen, 

 near the (hoi-e. Broivn. 



14. B. integrifolia. Entire-leaved Bankfia. Linn. Suppl. 

 127. Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. 9. Banks Ic. Ined. t. 3. 

 Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 30. t. 546. (B. oleoefolia ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6 

 30. t. 545. B. glauca ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 31. B. fpicata ; 

 Gaertn. t. 48.) — Leaves whorled, oblong-lanceolate, entire, 

 pointed ; reticulated with confpicuous veins beneath. Fol- 

 licles downy. Stem arboreous. — Native of the eatl coaft of 

 New Holland, near the fea-ftiore at Port Jackfon. This ii 

 generally a fmall, or middle-fized, tree. Leaves narrow, 

 obovate, for the moft part acute ; tapering at the bafe ; white 

 beneath. The twin fcales of the catkin obtufe ; folitary one 

 acute, and only half as large. 



Mr. Brown fays this is a very variable fpccies, too nearly 

 akin to the laft, as well as to that immediately folloning. 

 He obferved on the fouth coaft, near Port Phillip, a variety 

 which forms a large tree, with lanceolate-oblong, moftly 

 rather obtufe, leaves, acute at their bafe ; the folitan- fcales 

 of the catkin rather acute, but more than half the fize of the 

 twin ones. 



15. B. compar. Doubtful Bankfia. Br. n. 15. — Leaves 

 fcattered, oblong-tonguefhaped, obtufe, pointlefs ; veinlefs 

 and fnow-whitc beneath. Branches, and fcales of the cat- 

 kin, downv. Corolla filky. Stem arboreous — Found by 



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