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BANKSTA SPINULOSA.
Thorny-leaved Banhsia.
CLASS IV. ORDER L
TETRANDIUA MONOGYNIJ. Four Chives, One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
REC£PTACULUM commune elongatum, squamosum
: corolla tetrapetala : stamina lirabo
inserta : capsula bivalvis, disperma, dissepimento
mobili interjecto : semina alata.
COMMON receptacle elongated, scaly: blossom
of four petals: cliives inserted into the
limb of the blossom: capsule with two
valves, two seeds, and a moveable partition
between them : seeds winged.
See Banksia serrata, PL LXXXI I , Vol. II.
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. [¡3 :
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BANK-SI.V foliis linearibus, longis, margine revolutis,
sub-apices spinulosis : ramis patentibus,
ad basin foliii sparsis, superne fasciculatis.
BANKSIA with long linear leaves, rolled back at
the edges, and towards the ends fiirnished
with little thorns: branches spreading, thin
of leaves at the base, wliich are bundled
together on the upper part of the branches^
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower.
2. A blossom spread open, one chive magnified.
3. The pointal, summit magnified.
THE flowers of this Banksia bear a considerable degree of affinity to the B. eric'aefolia already figured in
PI. 156, but very distinct in the foliage. From the small thorns on the upper part of the leaves it has
acquired the specific title of spinulosa. It is not very often seen in bloom, although an old plant ;
which is accounted for in the slowness of its growth, and the size it generally attains to before it becomes
a flowering plant: and as this character is prevalent through the whole genus, it no doubt prevents
them from being so generally cultivated as they would otherwise be; since, when in flower, they
are certainly both cuiious and beautiful. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion-House near Brentford j where, under the care of
Mr. Hoy, several fine species of this genus are in very great perfection,
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