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If, however, there is no doubt that it was collected at Twofold Bay (an 
enormous gap exists between it and Port Jackson), then the Gippsland locality 
becomes probable. 
Propagation. —After a hush fire the collector of native seeds goes over a 
patch of Banksia country and picks up the seeds of Banksias, the fire having singed 
the Banksia cones, and caused them to contract and drop out their seeds. This is 
Nature’s way of protecting and then releasing the seeds. 
This can he imitated at any time by taking ripe cones from the plants and 
cautiously putting them on a coal or wood fire. They should be watched and pulled 
off the fire directly the fruit valves open and expose the seeds. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 123. 
A. Inflorescence (portion of flowering spike). 
b. Flower— 
(а) Four-lobed corolla with stamens. 
{b) Pistil. • 
c. Corolla lobes— 
(«) Showing stamen in the concave laminae. 
(б) Back view. 
D. Stigma.* 
E. Fruiting spike, showing the prominent capsules, containing the winged seeds. 
f. Ripe capsule opening. 
G. Fruit— 
(a) Plate separating the two winged seeds ( b b). 
All from the Port Jackson District. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Photograph of B. cemula .—(Government Printer.) 
Photograph of B. serrata .—(Government Printer.) 
Both were taken at Long Bay, Sydney, May, 1908, and contrast the two species growing within a 
few yards of each other. The photographs show rather small specimens of each kind. 
* Ante, p. 31. 
