coast of New Holland, is not unlike some varieties of Ilex Aquifolium, and now in his Majesty's collection at Kew. Leaves 1-1½ inch long, obcuneate, distantly serrated, almost smooth underneath. Bractes ⅔ shorter than the flowers. Stigma club-shaped.
3. J. foliis 5–9 pollices longis, sublinearibus, dense alteque serratis, subtus valde tomentosis: bracteis floribus ½ brevioribus: stigmate conico.
Banksia nivea. Labill. Voy. 1. p. 413. t. 24. Vertebral Josephia.
A low shrub, discovered by Labillardiere on the West coast of New Holland, in calcareous soil mixed with sand. Leaves 5 to 9 inches long, nearly linear, deeply serrated, very cottony underneath. Bractes ½ shorter than the flowers. Stigma shortly conical. They delight in a dry airy part of the Greenhouse.
Banksia. L.
| Flores 2ni; in Spica densissimâ terminali. Bracteæ 3 ad singular paria, præter gemmaceas parvas, persistentes. Petala irregularia, varie coalita. Pericarpium conchæforme, 2-loculare septo dissiliente, 2-valve, lignosum. Semina 2, apice alata. Arbores Fruticesve: foliis varie inciso-dentatis, rarius integerrimis. | Flower 2 togetherl in a terminal Spike. Bractes 3 to each pair, besides gemmaceous ones, persistent. Petals irregular, cohering variously. Pericarpium like a shell, 2-locular with an elastic septum, 2-valved. Seeds 2, winged at the top. Trees or Shrubs: leaves variously dentated, seldom quite entire. |
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