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TAB. Iv. 
BANKSIA fpinulofa. 
Prickly-leaved Bankfa. 
BODDD 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GEN. CHAR. Receptaculum commune elongatum, {qua- 
mofum. Cor. tetrapetala. Stamina limbo inferta. 
Cap/ula bivalvis, difperma, interjecto feminibus 
diflepimento mobili. 
Common receptacle elongated, fcaly. Cor. of 4 petals. 
Stamina inferted into the limb. Cap/wle with two 
valves, two feeds, and a moveable partition between 
them. 
Spec. CHAR. B. foliis linearibus revolutis mucronulatis 
apicem verfus denticulato-{pinofis. 
Leaves linear, revolute, with a little fharp point, 
and with fpinous denticulations towards the top. 
THIS hitherto non-defcript f{pecies of Bank/ia has a 
woody branched ftem, the draucbhes commonly three or 
more together, curved upwards. Leaves irregularly 
{cattered, clofely covering the branches, on very {fhort 
footitalks, but little {preading, from an inch and half 
to two inches in length, linear, very narrow, revolute 
in the margin, green and fmooth above, white and 
downy beneath, ending very abruptly, tipped with 
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