clothed with a short thintomentum. Sptkes in our specimens 
5 inches long, and 10 inches in circumference, very densely 
crowded with flowers, straw-coloured. Perianthium 4-parted, 
smooth, persistent: lacinia slender downwards, but broader and 
concave at the points, which are more or less reflexed. Sta- 
mens 4, inserted in the hollow points of the laciniz. Style 
smooth, exserted. Stigma a small brown glossy head. 
We are obliged to Mr. John Miller, of the Bristol Nursery, 
for an opportunity of giving a figure of this fine species of Bank- 
sia, having received fine specimens from him in full bloom in 
May last; and we are informed that it flowers annually at his 
Nursery, and perfects its seeds, from which numerous young 
plants are raised. The present species is one of the most de- 
sirable of the small-leaved sorts, as it flowers so freely, and is 
not difficult to cultivate. It is anative of Lewin’s Land, on the 
south coast of New Holland, and was introduced to this country 
in 1794, but it still continues rather scarce ; we have no doubt 
but it would succeed well in a sheltered situation in the open 
air, near the sea, in the southern counties, with little or no pro- 
tection; it is certainly worth the trial; all the species of this 
genus are singular, or magnificent plants, and flower freely when 
they have attained a proper size; and we hope to give figures 
of the whole of them in the course of our publication. 
The present species succeeds best in an equal portion of 
light turfy loam, peat, and sand, and the pots to be well drained 
with potsherds, that the wet may pass off readily ; ripened cut- 
tings, taken off at a joint, and planted in sand under a hand- 
glass, without shortening the leaves, will strike root freely. The 
genus was dedicated to the late Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. by the 
younger Linnzeus. 
PLPD PL DE PL OL OL 
1. Perianthium spread open, showing the four segments, with the anther inserted 
in the hollow point of each, 2, Style. 3, Ovarium, terminated by the smooth Style 
and small purple Stigma. 
