P L A T E CLVI.
B A N K S I A E R I C i E F O L I A.
Heath-leaved Bankfia.
C L A S S IV. ORDER I.
TE TRAND RI A MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R.
Kcccptaculum commune e l o n g a t u m , fqnamofitm.
C o r o l l a t e t r a - p e t a l a . S t a m i n a l i m b o i n f e r t a.
C a p f u l a b i v a l v i s , difperma, i n t e r j e c t o femin
i b u s d i t l ' e p i m e i i t o m o b i l i . Semina alata.
Common r e c e p t a c l e e l o n g a t e d , fealy. Bloffom
of four petals. Chives inferted into the
l i m b of the bloffom. Capfule w i t h two
•valves, t w o feeds, a n d a moveable p a r t i t i on
b e t w e n t h e m . Seeds w i n g e d.
See B A N K S I A S E R R A T A , PI. L X X X I I . V o l . I I -
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
"Bankfia folils l i n e a r i b u s , m a r g i n e revolutis,
t r a n c a t o - e m a r g i n a t i s , fupra g l a b r i s.
B a n k f i a w i t h l i n e a r leaves, rolled b a c k at the
e d g e , a p p e a r i n g c u t off at t h e e n d s , w h i ch
a r e n o t c h e d a n d fmooth on t h e u p p e r fide.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E .
1. A Bloffom c o m p l e t e.
2 . T h e fame fpread open.
3. T h e P e t a l s of a flower, w i t h t h e i r c h i v e s m a g n i f i e d.
4. T h e P o i n t a l n a t u r a l fize, w i t h t h e S u m m i t d e t a c h e d , magnif
5 . T h e r u d i m e n t s of a c o n e , cleared f r om t h e flowers.
T H E feeds of this fpecies of Bankfia w e r e a m o n g f t t h e firft w h i c h a r r i v e d f r om N e w H o l l a n d , and
p l a n t s w e r e raifed at t h e n u r l e r y , H a n i m e r f m i l h , in t h e fame year as t h e B. f e r r a t e . To the d i r e c t
i o n s in t h e m a n a g e m e n t a n d increafe of w h i c h p l a n t , w e refer o u r r e a d e r s for t h e t r e a t m e n t of t h i s,
as it r e q u i r e s n o o t h e r . It g r o w s to the h e i g h t of five, or fix feet, very b u i h y f r om t h e b o t t o m , and
t h e leaves, w h i c h are h a r i h and n u m e r o u s , are not very fubject to decay. A l t h o u g h it h a s flowered
i n m a n y c o l l e c t i o n s , w h e r e we h a v e feen it, we h a v e h a d no o p p o r t u n i t y of m a k i n g a n a c c u r a t e d r a w i
n g u n t i l laft m o n t h , M a r c h 1 8 0 1 , f r om a fine p l a n t in t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f G. H i b b e r t Efq. C l a p h a m.