JBanksia,.] 
CXI. PROTEACErE. 
13G1 
5. 33 . latifolia (broad-leaved), B. Br. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. x. 208, Prod. 
894 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. v. 555. “ Bumbar,” Stradbroke Island, Watkins. A 
low but stout shrub, the branches densely tomentose. Leaves shortly petiolate, 
obovate-oblong, often truncate, irregularly serrate with short usually prickly 
teetb, contracted at the base, 4 to 8in. long, 14 to Bin. broad, flat, minutely 
tomentose but not white underneath, with prominent transverse veins and 
reticulations. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, 8 to 5in. long. Perianth slender, 
about lin. long, the tube shortly silky-pubescent, the limb glabrous, narrow, 
acute, scarcely 2 lines long. Style becoming straight and spreading as in 
F ubanksia, with a very small stigmatic end. Fruiting cones large and thick; 
capsules villous, not thick, protruding, about G or 7 lines diameter. — Meissn. in 
DC. Prod. xiv. 480; Bot. Mag. t. 2406; B. rtdmr, Cav. Anal. Hist. Nat. i. 226, 
Ic. vi. 29, t. 543 ; B. uncigera and B. dillenice folia, Knight, Prot. 112, 113; 
B. fagifolia, Hoffmsg. ; Roem. and Schult. Svst. iii. Mant. 379 (Meissn.). 
Hab.: Coastal marshes of the south. 
6. 33 . semula (rivalling), B. Br. in Trans. Linn. Sor. x. 210, Prod. 895 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 556. “ Mintie,” Stradbroke Island, Watkins. “Wallum,” 
Wide Bay, Palmer. A shrub or tree closely allied to B. sonata and difficult to 
distinguish from it except by the stigmatic end of the style which is very much 
shorter and ovoid. The flowers are also of a yellowish green without 
the bluish grey tinge of B. serrata. The spikes are usually not so thick, the 
foliage precisely the same. Capsules at least as large as in B. serrata, the 
tomentum easily wearing off. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. viv. 461 ; Bot. Mag. t. 
2671 ; Bot. Rep. t. 688 ; B. serrata, Cav. Ic. vi. 27, t. 540, not of Linn. f. ; 
B. serratifolia, Salisb. Prod. 51 or B. serrafolia, Knight, Prot. 112 (B. Br.) ; B. 
elatior, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 209, Prod. 395 ; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 
458 ; B. undulata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1316. 
Hab.: Sandy Cape, It. Broun ; Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham. 
Wood deep-red, coarse-grained, prettily marked, shrinks unequally in drying; an excellent . 
wood for the cabinetmaker. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 351. 
Honey of the flowers gathered and eaten by the natives of Wide Bay. — Palmer. 
Order CXII. THYMEL^EACEiE. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely dioecious. Perianth simple, tubular or 
campanulate, 4-lobed or in genera not Australian 5-lobed, usually regular, the 
lobes imbricate in the bud, with the addition in many genera not Australian of 
small scales, alternating with the lobes at their base. Stamens either 2 only, 
or as many as the lobes of the perianth or twice as many ; filaments inserted in 
the throat or within the tube ; anthers with 2 parallel cells opening longi- 
tudinally. Ovary free within the base of the perianth, 1 or rarely 2-celled, with 
1 or rarely 2 or 8 pendulous anatropous ovules. Style simple, with a terminal entire 
capitate or truncate stigma. Fruit an indehiscent nut drupe or berry, or rarely 
a 2-valved capsule. Seed with or without albumen ; embryo straight, with a 
superior radicle. — Leaves alternate or opposite, always simple and entire. 
Flowers in terminal or axillary clusters heads umbels racemes or spikes, rarely 
solitary often surrounded by an involucre of 4 or more bracts, differing more or 
less from the stem-leaves. 
A considerable Order, widely distributed over most parts of the globe. 
Stamens 2. Perianth- lobes 4 1. Piiielea. 
Stamens twice as many as the perianth-lobes. Shrubs or small trees. 
Ovary 1-celled, with 1 ovule. Hypogynous scales 4, free or united in pairs 2. Wikstromia. 
Ovary 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Hypogynous scales united in a 
short cup ‘ 3. Phaleria. 
