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Synonyms. —Bentham gives the following:— B. ledifolia, A. Conn. ; 
B. Cunning ham ii, Sicb. ; B. lit/oralis, Lindl. ; B. prionophylla, F. Mnell. ; 
B. marginata, var. macrostaeliya, Hort. Petrop. 
Leaves.—Note that there is a good deal of variation in the margins of the 
leaves. Exceptionally they may he entire (see Plate 143). 
Sometimes the young leaves of B. marginata ( e.g., Blackheath, N.S.W.— 
J.H M.) simulate those of B. collina. 
Timber. —This is hut a tall shrub, or very small tree at the largest, so that 
its timber is not of economic importance. 
“ Often as many as a dozen small stems issue from a stool forming a flat- 
topped shrub, appearing as if they were branches ” (J. L. Boorman). 
Size.— Nine feet is the highest seen by me (at Morrisset). 
Habitat . —It occurs from Victoria to Southern Queensland. The following 
localities are quoted in the “ Flora Australiensis ” :— 
Queensland. —Glasshouses, Moreton Bay ( C. Moore). 
New South Whales .—Hunter’s River (Cal eg); Blue Mountains (Sieber, n. 6); 
western descent of the Blue Mountains (A. Cunningham); New England ( C. Stuart); 
Richmond, Clarence, and Hastings Rivers ( Beckler ); Sydney woods, Paris Exhibition, 
1855 ( Macarthur , n. 215). 
Victoria. —IViIson’s Promontory ( Baxter ) ; Sealer’s Cove and towards Mount 
Ararat ( F. Mueller) ; Upper Yarra River ( G. Walter). 
Following are localities represented in the National Herbarium, Sydney :— 
Acacia Creek, Macpherson Range ( W. Dunn) ; Chatsworth Island to South 
Woodburn ( J.JI.M. ); Torrington ( LI. H. Cambage); Guy Fawkes and Round 
Mountain. I only found this species in this one limited district. It ascended as 
far as the very top of the Round Mountain ( J.ll.M .) ; Kahibah, near Newcastle 
(E. Cheel) ; Morrisset (J. L. Boorman) ; Wyong and Tuggcrah Lakes (E. Betclie, 
J. L. Boorman). 
[There are no specimens in this Herbarium collected in New South Wales 
south of Sydney, and I cordially invite the attention of friends to this deficiency.] 
Stockyard Creek, Victoria ( C. Walter) ; Oberon Bay, Victoria ( J. L. King). 
Propagation. —This is one of the most beautiful of the smaller Banksias, 
and therefore it is recommended for cultivation. 
