BANKSIA. 



Mr. Brown, but not in fruit, by the fea-lide at Ivuppei Bay, 

 on the eaft coaft of New Holland. He fufpc6ls it to be a 

 variety of the laft. 



1 6. B. verticUlata. Whorled Bankfia. Ait. n. lo — 

 Leaves whorled, oblong-tonguediaped, obtufe, pointlefs ; 

 veinlefs and fnow-white beneath. Scales of the catkin 

 downy, obtufe. Brafteas at the bafe hairy. Stem arbo- 

 reous Gathered by Mr. Brown, in Lewin's land, near the 



fea-fide. Mr. Menzies alfo met with this fpecies on the 

 foutji-weft coaft of New Holland. 



1 7. B. cocchiea. Scarlet -flowered Bankfia. Ait. n. 1 1 



Leaves alternate, wedgefhaped-obovate or oblong, toothed, 

 abrupt, ribbed, reticulated with veins ; tranfverie at the 

 bafe. Scales of the catkin awl-lhaped. Corolla woolly. 



Stigma pyramidal Found by Mr. Brown in Lewin's land, 



in fields near the coail. It was fent to Kew, by Mr. Good, 

 in 1803. 



18. ^. paludofa. Marlh Bankfia. Ait. n. 12. — Leaves 

 imperfedlly whorled, wedgeiliaped-oblong, fomewhat abrupt ; 

 tapering at the bafe ; (light!)' revclute ; coarfely fenated 

 beyond the middle ; ribbed and reticulated with veins be- 

 neath. Footftalks and young branches fmooth. CoroUa 

 filky. Stem (hcubby. — Gathered by Mr. Brown, in marfhy 

 ground, near Port Jackfon. It is faid to flower in the 

 green-houfe at Kew, from January to March. 



19. B. ohlongifolia. Oblong-leaved Bankfia. Cavan. Ic. 

 V. 6. 28. t. 542. Ait. n. 13. (B. falicifolia; Cavan. 

 Ic. v. 6. 31?) — Leaves fcattered, narrow-oblong, abrupt, 

 ftrongly ferrated ; rather acute at the bale ; ribbed, and 

 reticulated with veins, beneath. Footftalks and young 

 branches downy. Lx-ger fcales of the catkin pointed. 

 Corolla filky. Stem ihrubby. — Seen by Mr. Brown on 

 heaths near Port Jackfon. The ka-v::s, according to his 

 obfervations, are fometimes entire, or nearly fo, (as we 

 judge in this cafe from the word Integra,) and therefore may 

 anfwer to the fjIidfoUa of Cavanilles, of which it is difficult 

 to judge precifely, for want of a figure. 



20. B. latifoUa. Broad-leaved Bankfia. Br. u. 20. Ait. 

 n. 14. (B. robur ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 29. t. 543.) — Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, with fpinous ferratures ; acute at the bafe ; 

 ribbed, reticulated, downy and grey beneath. Tube of the 

 corolla filky ; limb fmooth. Stem (hrubby. — Obferved by 

 Mr. Brown, in boggy fituations near Port Jackfon ; plenti- 

 ful about the town of Sydney, where it rarely ripens feed. 

 That accurate botanift informs us thsjiem is ufually three or 

 four feet high, fcarcely ever fix feet. Louis Nee, from 

 whom CavaniUes had his information, appears to have acci- 

 dentally confounded his fpecimens of this fpecies, with his 

 memorandums relating to B. ferrata, and hence it is de- 

 fcribed of the fize of an Oak, to which the name robur 

 alluding, was neceffarily obhged to be changed. 



21. B. marcefcens. Short -leaved Bankfia. Br. n. 21. 

 Ait. n. 15. (B. prasmorfa ; Andr. Repof. t. 258.) — Leaves 

 wedge-fhaped, flat, fcattered, abrupt, ftrongly ferrated more 

 than half way down ; rather acute at the bafe. Branches 

 downy. CoroUa permanent, fmooth as well as the follicles. 

 — Native of the fouthern coaft of New Holland ; at Lewin's 

 land, near the fliore. Mr. Andrews fays this fpecies was 

 tirft raifed from feed at Kew, in 1788. Mr. Brown and 

 Mr. Aiton, on the contrary, mark it as introduced in 1794, 

 by its ftrft difcoverer Mr. Menzies. The ftem is fix or feven 

 feet high in the grecn-houfe. Leaves fo abrupt, that we 

 could almoft have allowed the name pntmorfa to remain. 

 Floivers purple, in large handfome catkins; infide of the 

 corolla white. 



22. B. attenuata. Smooth-flowered Bankfia. Ait. n. 16. 

 —Leaves elongated and nearly linear, abrupt ; tapering at 



the bafe ; ferrated more than half way down ; ribbed aiid 

 reticulated, with downy interftices, beneath. Scales of the 

 catkin hairy at the fummit. Corolla fmooth. Follicles 



downy This alfo was difcovered by Mr. Menzies, on the 



fouthern coaft of New Holland ; and feen by Mr. Brown in 

 Lewin's land, near the fea-coaft. It was raifed at Kew, in 

 1794, but appears not yet to have flowered ; nor have we 

 heard of the plant elfewhere. 



23. B. elatlor. Tall Bankfia. Br. n. 23. — Leaves elon- 

 gated and nearly linear, ierrated, rather abrupt ; reticulated, 

 and almoft fmooth when full grown, beneath. Scales of 

 the catkin beardlefs, but, like the corolla, downy. Style 

 quite fmooth. Stigma oval-clubftiaped. Stem arboreous. 

 — Difcovered by Mr. Brown, on the eall coaft of New 

 Holland, by the fea-fide, at Sandy Cape. 



24. ^. ferrata. Great Sen-atcd Bankfia. Linn. Suppl. 



126. Willd. n. I. Ait. n. 17. Banks Ic. Ined. t. 2. 

 White's V^oy. 222. t. 18, 19, 20. Andr. Repof. t. 82. 

 Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 27. t. 540. (B. conchifera ; Gaertn. t. 48.) 

 — Leaves linear -oblong, abrupt, rather bluntly ferrated ; 

 reticulated and nearly fmooth beneath ; tapering at the bafe. 

 Lower part of the ftyle downy and powdery. Stigma 

 cyhndrical, furrowed ; obliquely fwelling at the bafe. Stem 

 arboreous. — Native of the eaft coaft of New Holland, at 

 Port Jackfon, in fields near the fea, from v/hence fpecimens 

 were brought by fir Jofeph Banks ; but the plant was firfl 

 raifed in England, by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy, in 1788. 

 This is defcribed as the moft ftately of its genus, rifing to 

 the height of thirty feet, with a hard reddifti wood. Tlie 

 leaves are near a fpan long, almoft perfeftly fmooth on both 

 fides, not fo deeply ferrated as in the figures of Andrews 

 or Cavanilles, or in White's t. 20, but rather bordered v.ith 

 a feries of reftangular bluntifh notches. Catkins Jarge, 

 thick and heavy, of innumerable downy jloivers, whofe 

 corolla is purpliQi, s.\\d.J{yle crimfon. Coize ten inches long, 

 very heavy. Follicles downy, an inch in diameter. Gart- 

 ner's figure is from a poor diminutive cone. 



25. B. amula. Large-fruited Bankfia. Br. n. 25 



Leaves linear -oblong, abrupt, deeply and ftiarply ferrated ; 

 reticulated and nearly fmooth beneath. Corolla filky. 

 Stigma capitate, poHftied, pyramidal, not furrowed, twice 

 as thick as the ftyle. Stem ftirubby. — Native of heaths, 

 and fandy fields, near Port Jackfon, from whence we long 

 ago received fpecimens, with full-grown _/)•;//>, by the kind- 

 nefs of Dr. White. We have been ufed to call this fpecies 

 B. macrocarpa, a name well exprefiing its fingularly large 



follicles, which are t\vice the dimenfions of the preceding, 

 though the whole cone is ufually much fliorter. It is impof- 

 fible to miftake Mr. Brown's faithful fpeciffc definition, 

 efpecially the charaftcr of the fliort pyramidal ^(fma. The 

 leaves are much fmaller than thofe of B. ferrata, though 

 their ferratures are n\uch deeper and (harper. Hence Mr. 

 Brown was led to apply t. 20 of White's Voyage to the 

 prefent fpecies, with which the leaves in that figure pretty 

 nearly agree ; but the cone certainly, to our knowledge, 

 belongs to the ferrata, which it well exprelTes, except being 

 too fmall. The ferratures in Mr. Andrews's plate oi ferrata 

 moft nearly approach our prefent plant. The ftiape and 

 proportion of the catkin moreover belt agrees herewith. 



26. B. dentata. Broad-toothed Bankfia. Linn. Suppl. 



127. Willd. n. 5. Banks Ic. Ined. t. 5. — Leaves wedge- 

 fhaped-oblong, abrupt, finuated and wavy, with broad 

 fpinous teeth ; contradled at the bafe ; fnow-white, ribbed, 

 and finely veiny, beneath. Corolla filky. Capfules downy. 

 — Difcovered by fir Jofeph Banks and Dr. Solander, near 

 Endeavour river, in the tropical part of New Holland. Mr. 

 Brown alfo met with this noble fpecies, which as yet is a 



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