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Gen. Char. Receptaculum commune elongatum, squamosum. Cor. tetrapetala. Stamina limbo inserta. Capsula bivalvis, disperma, interjecto seminibus dissepimento mobili.
Common receptacle elongated, scaly. Cor. of 4 petals. Stamina inserted into the limb. Capsule with two valves, two seeds, and a moveable partition between them.
Spec. Char. B. foliis linearibus revolutis mucronulatis apicem versus denticulato-spinosis.
Leaves linear, revolute, with a little sharp point, and with spinous denticulations towards the top.
THIS hitherto non-descript species of Banksia has a woody branched stem, the branches commonly three or more together, curved upwards. Leaves irregularly scattered, closely covering the branches, on very short footstalks, but little spreading, from an inch and half to two inches in length, linear, very narrow, revolute in the margin, green and smooth above, white and downy beneath, ending very abruptly, tipped with
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