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in the fully developed inflorescence stand away very prominently from the split segments of the corolla-tubes, 
more than half an inch, while also there is a very decided tendency for them to curve downwards. Its 
corolla-segments also cohere; they also adhere to the style, so that it is very easy to pull them out altogether 
in a little bundle. In B paludosa this usually seems not possible, as when the floral organs are pulled away 
from the rhachis they come in detached pieces ; the styles also, as previously mentioned, are quite straight 
and exactly at right angles to the rhachis ; nor in the freshly developed flowers do the styles stand so far 
away comparatively from the corolla-segments. 
W e may also draw attention to the young inflorescence of B. integrifolia in which the unsplit 
corolla-segments have an almost perpendicular habit caused by the bending of the elongated style. In 
B. paludosa this feature is very much less present, and often entirely wanting ; when the segments split 
both they and the styles appear to be of the same length. 
The only description of the cones of B. paludosa we can find is by Meissner, in DC. Prod, xiv, 457 :— 
“ Folliculi valde compressi, circ. semipollicares, lana rufa hirsuti, margine glabrescentes.” 
But we are of opinion that the cones thus described are probably those of our var. minor of 
B. latifolia ; they certainly do not apply to B. paludosa. 
In reality the cones of B. paludosa are not very dissimilar to those of B. integrifolia, and alone 
furnish a strong argument for the close affinity of the two species. In B. integrifolia the fruitlets dehisce 
at an early stage ; in B. paludosa. the reverse is the case, according to our observations. At present we 
are inclined to attach some practical importance to this in the discrimination of cones obviously so closely 
allied. 
We have been exercised in deciding for ourselves whether B. paludosa is a true species or only a 
variety of B. integrifolia , but it is worthy of note that there is what may be termed the paludosa type, 
having varieties of its own, readily distinguishable from B. integrifolia, which is in reality one of the most 
distinct species of the genus. B. integrifolia has been considered far more protean than it really is by 
having other species constantly confused with it, and it is one of the objects of this paper to elucidate two 
of the plants which have been so confused. Mere size of a plant of course counts but little ; at the same 
time it may be pointed out that B. integrifolia is a tree of 30 or 40 feet high, while B. paludosa is a 
stunted bush of scarcely 3 feet. (Maiden and Camfield, op. cit.) 
Differences from B. marginata (see Part XXXVI, p. 83). 
The only other Port Jackson species closely related to it is B. marginata, but here again the 
differences are very pronounced. Its young branches are very villous. The secondary veins of the leaves, 
if looked at carefully in a strong light, will be seen to be straight, fine, and quite parallel, wffiile their teeth 
are also longer, more slender, and sharper than in B. paludosa. Their shape also is decidedly oblong. 
The styles also of B marginata are very much longer, and as in the case of B. integrifolia, stand 
away from the split corolla-segments a long distance, nor are they straight, but decidedly bent. The tips 
of the corolla-segments are also almost acuminate. 
Returning to B. paludosa, we observe variation in the size of the leaves, which are much smaller in 
one form and more vooHy-toinentose beneath ; the reticulation is not quite so apparent as in the form 
figured in Bot. Reg. t. 697. The flower spike of this form is also from 2 to 3 inches long, and under an 
inch broad, in place of the form figured in Bot. Reg. which is 4f inches long and nearly 1| broad. 
In another form we have* the flower-spike of about the same length as that figured in Bot. Reg. 
t. 697, but only £ inch wide. In other respects these forms show remarkable similarity. 
In fine, we are of opinion that B. paludosa is a good species, and we therefore recommend that 
Brown’s name be restored. (Maiden and Camfield, op. cit.) 
Botanical Name. — Banksia, already explained (see Part VIII, p. 170); 
paludosa, Latin, marshy, or that lives in a marshy place. 
Vernacular Name. — I know of none. 
Synonym. — Banksia integrifolia, L.f., var. paludosa, Benth. ( B.Fl. v, 554), 
under which name (integrifolia) it is probably mixed up in many collections. 
