BANKSIA ERRATA. 
cies of Banksia, we cannot but incline to an 
opinion, however presumptuous it may appear, v 
that in the instance of the Banksia Serrata, at | 
feast, the appellation of Gaertner, which is j 
Banksia Conchifera, cannot be regarded as a | 
worse name than that of Linnasas. Were j 
the merits of these two distinguished natura- ■ 
lists to be put in competition on this single 
point, we might even be tempted to prefer 
Oaertner to a man who has, in fa6t, no pa- \ 
rallel. The name Serrata, it is true, being " 
taken from the leaf, is a more constant deno- 
mination ; but still, in it's fru6llfication, or i 
most perfe6l state, it has so much the appear- 
ance of bearing shells, that we should prefer | 
the Conchifera of Gaertner, if we did not 
think it right to follow, in almost every thing, | 
him who has in almost every thing surpassed ; 
all other naturalists with respe£l to the syste- i 
matic arrangements of nature. 
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The Banksia Serrata, then, which we have- ; 
faithfully copied from an original drawing , 
adlually made in New South Wales from the | 
living plant, is considered as the most stately of j 
the genus. It's trunk is thick, and rugged; ; 
and 
