74 NATIVE FLOWEES OF VICTOEIA. 
nectar or flower honey, and so these flowers are valu- 
able for bees. 
The flowers of Proteaeeae always have four petals, 
usually of unequal length, and in such genera as 
Banksia, GreviUea, Hakea, and Telopea, the style is 
generally elongated and thickened at the end — where 
it is curved — somewhat Like a club, the club-hke 
formation being the stigma. 
The honeysuckles are botanicaUy known as Banksia, 
being named after one of the world-famous botanists. 
Sir Joseph Banks. There are nearly flfty honey- 
suckles native to Australia, most of which occur only 
in West Australia; in Victoria we have half a dozen, 
the most ornamental being Banksia coUina. This is 
found along the costal and Gippsland districts from 
Momington to Cape Howe. From the appearance of 
the shining black styles, which are curved inwards 
before the individual flowers fully develop, it is often 
called the hairpin honeysuckle. It is a decorative 
low bush, and very hardy. 
Banksia marginata is the yeUow flowered shrub so 
common throughout the State, while Banksia integri- 
folia, which usually has the margin of its leaves quite 
even and level, is the ordinary coastal honeysuckle. 
More handsome than either is Banksia serrata, the 
saw-leaved honeysuckle, which is fairly co mm on in 
East Gippsland. It is an irregular growing tree, with 
leaves having saw-like edges, the teeth being very 
large. Banksias may be grown generally in garden 
soils, but manure should be withheld from them. 
The more ornamental of Proteaceous plants are the 
GreviUeas. None of our Victorian species assume the 
