NATURAL HISTO RK 
THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BANKSIA. 
THE fineft new genus hitherto found in IVew 
Holland has been deftined by Linnceus^ with great 
propriety, to tranfmit to pofterity the name of Sir Jofeph 
Banks, who firft difcovered it in his celebrated voyage 
round the world. It is indeed one of the mofl: magnificent 
genera with which we are acquainted, being nearly allied 
to Protea and Emhothrium in habit and botanical characters, 
but fufficiently diftinguifhed from both by its fruit. * Four 
fpecies of Bankfia are defcribed in the Supplementum Plan- 
tarum of Linnceus; fpecimens of which we have fcen in his 
Herbarium now in thepofleflion of Dr. Smith of Marlborough 
Street 'y and we have depofited with the fame gentleman ' 
fpecimens 
