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Banksia.]
CIV. PROTEACEÆ
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Spikes broad. Perianth 1 in. long, the tube villous, the limb at length glabrous.

15. B. media.

Leaves large, on long petioles, irregularly toothed or lobed.

Tree. Outer bracts short.

16. B. Solandri.

Low prostrate shrubs. Outer bracts linear-subulate.

Leaves closely surrounding the spike and not along the prostrate stem.

17. B. Goodii.

Leaves erect along the prostrate stem, white underneath, none round the spike.

18. B. petiolaris.

Leaves large, on long petioles, deeply and irregularly pinnatifid. Low prostrate shrubs. Spikes oblong.

Perianth 1 in. long, the limb hirsute with loose usually persistent hairs

19. B. repens.

Perianth scarcely ¾ in. long, the limb clothed with intricate loose ferruginous very deciduous hairs

20. B. prostrata.

Leaves large, pinnate, with triangular distinct but contiguous segments. Spikes cylindrical.

21. B. grandis.

Perianth acuminate with long awn-like points. Leaves nearly sessile, not very large, irregularly toothed or lobed.

Spikes 3 to 4 in. long, rather narrow. Bracts with glabrous tips.

22. B. quercifolia.

Spikes 4 to 8 in. long, very thick. Bracts villous at the end.

23. B. Baueri.
Sect 3. Eubanksia.Leaves linear-lanceolate, oblong or cuneate, with recurved or revolute, entire or dentate margins, white underneath. style at first curved, straight and very spreading or reflexed after the perianth-limb has opened, the stigmatic end small, not striate. Eastern or tropical species.

Leaves (mostly 1 to 2 in.) entire or rarely toothed, reticulate underneath, without any or with few and irregular primary transverse veins.

24. B. marginata.

Leaves (mostly 3 to 6 in.) entire or rarely toothed, with transverse primary veins underneath, usually numerous but not much more prominent than the reticulations and white like them.

25. B. integrifolia.

Leaves (mostly 4 to 8 in.) broad, coarsely toothed, the transverse primary veins prominent underneath and not so white as the reticulations.

26. B. dentata.
(B. latifolia, has nearly the flowers and style of Eubanksia, but flat leaves not white underneath).
Sect. 4. Orthostylis.leaves flat or undulate (irregularly in B. Caleyi and B. coccinea), serrate, pinnatifid or pinnate, with short lobes or segments. Perianth usually straight. Style, after the perianth-limb has opened, curved upwards near the base, there straight and erect, the stigmatic end prominently angled and furrowed or striate.

Eastern species.

Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, broad, irregularly toothed. Style end of Eubanksia.

27. B. latifolia.

Leaves 3 to 6 in. long, ¾ to 1. in. broad, regularly serrate. Style-end thickened at the base.

Style-end cylindrical.

28. B. serrata.

Style-end ovoid, very short.

29. B. æmula.

Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, ½ to ¾ in. broad, regularly serrate. Style-end oblong.

30. B. ornata.

Western species.

Perianth villous.

Leaves ¾ in. broad or more, very shortly sinuate, toothed.

Leaves 1½ to 2½ in. long, very broad, often cordate. Perianths, before opening, in double-straight rows alternating with double rows of styles.

31. B. coccinea.