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P L A T E LXXXIT.
B A N K S I A S E R R A T A.
Sawed-leaved Bankjia.
C L A S S OR D E R L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
GENEKIC CHARACTEfi.
CALYX, rcriantlnum monopliylluin, quadiltiilmn,
inleram.
COROLLA monopetala; tubus cylindraceus, brevidimus;
limbus longiflunus, qiiadripartitus;
lachiiis liiiearibus, apice lanceolatis,
interne foveola excavatis, acQtis.
STAMINA. Filaraenta nulla. Antlierae quatuor,
lanceolata;, in foveola' laciniarom corolla
lefliles.
PisTiLLUM. Germen fuperum, minutura. Stylus
filiformis, rigidus, corolla longior. Stigma
pyramidatum, acutum.
PEKicARriUM. Capfula ovata, feu globota, lignofa,
unilocularis, bivalvis.
SEMINA duo, obovata bine convexa inde plana,
ala membranacea terminata.
OES. In quibufdam fpeciebus feminibus interjefilum
eft diflepimentum liberum, figura
et magnitudine cavitatis loculamenti, coriaceo
lignofum, femibilidum. Grcetner de
frua.
S P E C I F I C
Bauklia foliis linearibus^ in petiolum attenuatis,
cequaliter ferratis, apice truncatis cum mucrone.
Schrth. Gen. Phmt. IQl.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of one leaf, four-deft and
beneath.
BLOSSOM of one petal; tube cylindrical, and
very lliort; border very long, of four divifions;
fegments linear, lance fliaped at the
ends, having tmall holes on the infide,
which are hollowed out and fliarp.
CHIVES. Threads none. Tips four, lance-
Ihaped, fitting dol e within the fmall holes
of the legments of the bloflbm.
POINTAL. Seed-bud above and very fmall.
Shaft thread-fliaped, flifF, and longer than
the bloflbm. Summit pyramidal, and iliarp
pointed.
SEED VESSEL. Capfule egg-lliaped or globular,
woody, one cell, two valves.
SEEDS two, inverfely egg-fliapcd, convex on the
one fide and flat on the other, having a
ikinny wing at the end.
OBS. In fome fpecies there is found between the
feeds a loofe partition, the ihape and fize of
the hollow of the cell, tough, woody, and
half cleft in two, Grtstncr on fruUs and
seeds.
CHARACTER.
Bankfia with linear leaves, tapering to the footflalks,
equally fawed at the edge, appearing
cut oft" at the end with a lliarp point.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Flower, the fummit not yet efcapcd from the Chives.
2. The fame with the iummit relieved; magnified, to ftiew more clearly the fliape of the
petals, and the lingular fituation of the Chives.
3. The Pointal, natural fize.
4. A ripe Seed.
THIS fjiecies of Bankfia, was the firft to vegetate amongft the number of difterent feeds, which were
received by Mefti's. Lee and Kennedy, from Botany Bay in 1788; thus, has the pre-eminence of feniority
here, to all the plants which have been introduced from thence, to Great Britain. From the
living and dead fpecimens we have already feen, this Genus bids fair to rival Protea in the number of
its difterent fpecies; from which, nature feems to have marked but a flight line for Generic diftinction.
Our figure was taken from a plant now in flower in the greenhoufe, (we believe for the firft
time in Europe,) at the agreeable retreat of J. Ord, Efq. Purfer's-crofs, Fulham, being nearly feven
feet high; indeed, we have feen fpecimens which have attained to twelve feet, and more. It is increafed
by cuttings, and will grow in almoft any earth. The cones to which the feed-veflels are
fixed, fomething refemble thofe of the ftone pine, but much larger, and the wood more hard: the
feeds are inclofed in capfules which are placed at a confiderable diftance from each other, at irregular
intervals; the fpaces filled up with long harfh threads, and apparently abortive feed-veflels.
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