H a b . Abundant in th e western and southern and subalpine central districts ; lle ch e r ch e Bay, Lake
S t. Clair to Maequarrie Harbour, Mou n t YVellington, etc. (PI. Jan.) (v. v.)
D i s t r ib . South-eastern Australia, Y^ictoria, M u e ller.
A tall, slender slinib, 4 - 8 feet high, with pubescent branches. lea v e s very variable, 1 -3 inches long, lincar-
lanceolate. blunt or sliaip, entire or toothed or pinnatifid, above glabrous, nerveless ; below covered with brown or
ashy-grey appressed down ; margins recurved, midrib strong. Racemes about as loug as tlie leaves, I 4 inch broad,
short, blunt; peduncles, pedicels, aud flowers covered with somewhat sOky pubescence. Perianth about as long as
the pedicel, 4 inch. FollicU linear-oblong, gibbous, narrowed at both ends, glabrous.— I tiave not kept up Meisner’s
varieties, a, cinei'ea, and fl, rufa, as both occur on the same plant.
2. Lomatia tinctoria (Br. Prodr. 3 8 9 ) ; fruticulus erectus, foliis pinnatifidis bipinnntifidisve rarius
m teg ris glaberrimis v. subtus ramulisque puberulis laciniis linearibus 1 -nerviis obtusis acutis acuminatisve,
racemo terminali elongato, pedúnculo gracili, pedic ellis glabris v . puberulis perianthio longioribus.— D r . in
L in n . Trans, x . 1 9 9 ; M em ie r in D C . P ro d r . x iv . 4 4 8 ; H o oL B o t. Mag. t. 4 1 1 0 . Embothrium tin c to rium,
Lab. Nov . H o ll. i. 3 1 . t. 4 3 . {Gunn, 1, 1 2 4 2 .)
H a b . Abundant in poor sandy soil, asc ending to 3 0 0 0 fe e t.— (PI. D e c .) {v. v.) (Cultivated in Eno--
land.)
A much smaller species than L. polymorpha, rarely exceeding 2 feet higb, gi-owiug gi-egariously, and increasing
by subterranean runners, whence the plants form gi-eat patches. Leaves glabrous, pinnatifid or bipinnatifidly cut
iuto naiTow-linear, blunt, acute or acuminate segments. Peduncles of the spikes much elongated. Pedicels slender.
Perianth cream-coloured, sweet, but rather heavy-smelling, smaller than that of L. ferruginea.
Gen. X L B A N K S IA ,
Flores amentacei. P e ria n th ium 4-partitum, rarius 4 -fidum, rectum v. incurvum, foliolis diu cohærentibus
apicibus concavis antheriferis. Antheroe subsessiles. Squamulæ hypogynæ 4 . Ovarium spurie 2-
loculare ; ovu lis 2 , coUateralibus dorso con n a tis; sty lo filiformi v. subulato, deciduo, e x se r to ; stigm ate
dilatato. Follicu lu s lign o su s, amenti rachi semi-immersus, ovalis, compressus, bivalvis, 2-loculai-is, septo e
seminum testis connatis formato libero lign eo bifido. Semina nigra, apice alata, n uc leo lacuna septi semi-
immerso,— Arbores frutices ple rum qu e r i g i d i ; ramis um h e lla tis ; M\\& sp a rsis, ra riu s v e r tic illa tis , in te g
ris, se rra tis, p in n a tifid is v e ; amentis ra riu s la te ra libu s, so lita r iis , c y lin d ric is, ra riu s abbrev iatis, hasi in terdum
bra c tea tis ; floribus geminis, p e r p a r ia '¿-bracteolatis ; bracteola exteriore majore, interioribus col-
la te ra libu s ; a a \ ti\ï\/r u c tif e r i ra ch i lignosa ; p le rum qu e in quovis amento p a u c is , horizontalibus.
A noble genus, no less remarkable for its handsome inflorescence than for the number o f its speeies, which
amount to nearly sixty. I'he majority of these are natives of the south-eastern coasts of Australia, very few comparatively
being south-western, and still fewer tropical. The majority foi-m bushes, rarely rising to small trees, and
most have rigid, woody branches, often covered ivith vei-y rough bark, and vei-y coriaceous, hanl, lurid-green or
grey-green leaves, often pubescent or cinereous beneath.— densely compacted in terminal, broad, cylindrical,
erect catkins, often resembhng bottle-brushes ; when these are taken to pieces the flowers are found to be sessile,
and aggregated in pairs, each pair having three bractlets at its base, one outer, and two collateral within it, P e rianth
green, yellow, 01- red, tubular, four-parted, often incurved ; the leaflets concave at tlicir tips, and there each
bearing a sessile anther. Ovaiy with four liypogynous glands, a straight, exserted style, one cell, and two erect
ovules attached together. Fruit, few ripening in each catkin, each forming a woody, compressed, transversely elongated,
horizontal, two-valved follicle, consolidated with the woody axis o f the catkin. Cell divided by a spurious
dissepiment formed by the testa o f the seeds, which are adherent by their opposed faces; this septum afterwards
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becomes free, and presents a iiollow on either face, in whicli the nucleus o f the seeds lie. (Named in honour of
Sir Joseph Banks, the eminent botanist and companion o f Captain Cook, during his first voyage.)
1 . Banksia media (Br. Prodr. Suppl. 3 5 ) ; arborea, ramulis cano-tomentosis, foliis petio la tis an gu
ste lineari-oblongis basi attenuato-cuneatis obtusis truncatisve grosse dentatis glabris v. costa subtus
tomentosa margine planis nervis subtus parallelis divaricatis pagina inferiore impresso-puuctulata, spica
cylindrica, perianthio sericeo.— Da?. M a g . t. 3 1 2 0 ; Me isn. in B C . P ro d r . x iv. 4 5 8 . {Gunn, 8 7 1 .)
H a b . On two h ills, called the Sisters, between llo c k y and Table Capes, on th e N o r tli coast, Backhouse, •
Gunn.— (fi\. Jan.)
D i s t r i b . South coast o f Australia, b etween Lu ck y B ay and Cape Arid. (Cultivated in England.)
This remarkably handsome plant appears to be restricted to one locahty in Tasmania. I have compared it
wdh both native and cultivated Australian specimens, whicli are identical w ith the Tasmanian.— A tree 20 feet high,
with naked trunk and brauches, bearing tufts of leaves at their extremities only. Branchlets densely tomentose.
Leaves veiy coriaceous, flat, 4 - 5 inches long, | inch broad, graduaUy tapering from below the middle iuto the tomentose
footstalk, blunt, truncated at the apex, coarsely seiTated; margins flat; upper surface glabrous, shining;
under paler, glabrous or pubescent on tbc costa, covered with impressed dots, wliich are laciinæ between the ultimate
ramifications of the nei-ves ; main nerves horizontal aud parallel, one to each tooth. Cone generally longer
than the leaves, 4 - 7 inches, cyhndrical, blunt, twice as long as broad, young densely covered with broivn tomentum.
Perianth-lobes with a smah, silky lamina, and long, iviry claw. Stigma small
3 . Banksia Au stralis (Br. Prodr. 3 9 3 ) ; arborea v. fruticosa, ramulis incanis plantis junioribus
ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis (1 - 2 -polIicaribus) linearibas lanceolatis v. cuneato-laneeolatis plantis ju u io-
n b u s grosse serratis senioribus minoribus angustioribus apice obtusis retuso-truncatisve, marginibus recurvis,
supra convexis medio sulcatis subtus niveis reticulatis costa valida, spica oblonga brevi v. eloucrata,
perianthio se riceo.— Do?. Reg. 7 8 7 . ®
Var. a ; arborea, foliis plantis senioribus linearibus obtusis truncatisve subintegerrimis.— B . Australis,
B r . I. c. B . Australis e t B . Gunnii, Me isn . I. c. {Gunn, 7 2 8 , 1 2 3 3 .)
Var. fl. depressa ; caule prostrato, foliis cuneatodanceolatis mtegr is v. spin u loso-d en tatis.— B . depressa,
B r . P ro d r. 3 9 3 ; L in n . Trans, x . 2 0 5 ; Me isn . in B C . P ro d r . x iv. 4 5 6 . B . depressa, A ^ « b in te g r a , Meisn.
in H o oL B o t. Journ. iv. 2 1 0 , anno 1 8 5 2 . B . patula, B row n e t Meisn. I. c. {Gunn, 1 2 3 4 , 2 0 0 2 .)
H ab. Abundant throughout th e Island, ascending to 3 0 0 0 fe e t.— (FI. N o v .) Col. name, “ Honey-
su ck le tree.”
D i s t e i b . South-eastern Australia ; Vic to iia , j tia e « ,« . (Cultivated in E ngland.)
I have no hesitation in reducing B . ie f r a m , B i., B . Gumiii, Meisn,, and B. fa tu U . Br. (as fai at least as the
Tasmanian specimens of it. aie concerned), to B. A m tra lk , having seen all these fonns g iw in g , and having Gimn’s
testiiiioiiy to the iinpossibihtj of distinguishing them. The noniinl state o f the species is a hash 1 0 °-U feet
high, hut it somelinies becomes arborescent, and ot others divavf. The characters in the foliage, whence specific
diagnoses hove been drawn, may all be found on one individual and at one period o f growth, tliough there is always
a marked difference lietwecn young and old plants, the fornicr always bearing larger coarsely-toothed leaves, and the
older generally having more entire, and sometimes narrow-linear leaves. The branehes are most tomentose, and
often densely so, in young plants.— im a e s patent or erect, 1 -3 inches long, iiaiTOW-laiiceolate or narrow-obovate
eiiiieate, iismilly tnmeate and retuse at the apex, with the nerve produced hito a short mncro; margins recm-ved-
iippei- snrface smooth, shining, under snow-white, i-eticiihited, with a stout reddish eosta. S f i k , very vai-iaUe i !
size, 1-4- inches long, ahnost globose or ohlong-cyliiidrieal, pale ycHow or greenish. Feriantk sninll, silky, tbe
lacnuæ often glalnous on tbe back, or silky down tbe middle.
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