Spikes broad. Perianth 1 in. long, the tube villous, the limb at length glabrous. |
15. B. media. |
Leaves large, on long petioles, irregularly toothed or lobed. | |
Tree. Outer bracts short. |
16. B. Solandri. |
Low prostrate shrubs. Outer bracts linear-subulate. | |
Leaves closely surrounding the spike and not along the prostrate stem. |
17. B. Goodii. |
Leaves erect along the prostrate stem, white underneath, none round the spike. |
18. B. petiolaris. |
Leaves large, on long petioles, deeply and irregularly pinnatifid. Low prostrate shrubs. Spikes oblong. | |
Perianth 1 in. long, the limb hirsute with loose usually persistent hairs |
19. B. repens. |
Perianth scarcely ¾ in. long, the limb clothed with intricate loose ferruginous very deciduous hairs |
20. B. prostrata. |
Leaves large, pinnate, with triangular distinct but contiguous segments. Spikes cylindrical. |
21. B. grandis. |
Perianth acuminate with long awn-like points. Leaves nearly sessile, not very large, irregularly toothed or lobed. | |
Spikes 3 to 4 in. long, rather narrow. Bracts with glabrous tips. |
22. B. quercifolia. |
Spikes 4 to 8 in. long, very thick. Bracts villous at the end. |
23. B. Baueri. |
Sect 3. Eubanksia.—Leaves linear-lanceolate, oblong or cuneate, with recurved or revolute, entire or dentate margins, white underneath. style at first curved, straight and very spreading or reflexed after the perianth-limb has opened, the stigmatic end small, not striate. Eastern or tropical species. | |
Leaves (mostly 1 to 2 in.) entire or rarely toothed, reticulate underneath, without any or with few and irregular primary transverse veins. |
24. B. marginata. |
Leaves (mostly 3 to 6 in.) entire or rarely toothed, with transverse primary veins underneath, usually numerous but not much more prominent than the reticulations and white like them. |
25. B. integrifolia. |
Leaves (mostly 4 to 8 in.) broad, coarsely toothed, the transverse primary veins prominent underneath and not so white as the reticulations. |
26. B. dentata. |
(B. latifolia, has nearly the flowers and style of Eubanksia, but flat leaves not white underneath). | |
Sect. 4. Orthostylis.—leaves flat or undulate (irregularly in B. Caleyi and B. coccinea), serrate, pinnatifid or pinnate, with short lobes or segments. Perianth usually straight. Style, after the perianth-limb has opened, curved upwards near the base, there straight and erect, the stigmatic end prominently angled and furrowed or striate. | |
Eastern species. | |
Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, broad, irregularly toothed. Style end of Eubanksia. |
27. B. latifolia. |
Leaves 3 to 6 in. long, ¾ to 1. in. broad, regularly serrate. Style-end thickened at the base. | |
Style-end cylindrical. |
28. B. serrata. |
Style-end ovoid, very short. |
29. B. æmula. |
Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, ½ to ¾ in. broad, regularly serrate. Style-end oblong. |
30. B. ornata. |
Western species. | |
Perianth villous. | |
Leaves ¾ in. broad or more, very shortly sinuate, toothed. | |
Leaves 1½ to 2½ in. long, very broad, often cordate. Perianths, before opening, in double-straight rows alternating with double rows of styles. |
31. B. coccinea. |
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