woolly hairs, but soon becoming glabrous. Style remaining curved but not hooked, with a minute stigmatic end. Capsules slightly prominent, tomentose-villous, thick, 1 in. broad.—Meissn in Pl. Preiss. i. 587, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 462; Bot. Reg. t. 1572.
W. Australia. Sand plains, King George's Sound and neighbouring districts, Baxter, Drummond 3rd coll. n. 289, Preiss, n. 480, and several others.
21. B. grandis, Willd. Spec. Pl. i. 535. A tree attaining about 40 ft., the branches tomentose. Leaves often 1 ft. long or more, divided to the midrib into ovate-triangular contiguous segments, the larger ones 1½ to 2 in. long and 1 in. broad at the base, the lower ones gradually smaller, all flat, with several primary transverse veins impressed above, prominent underneath, the under surface pale, reticulate, tomentose in the areolæ. Spike cylindrical, 8 to 12 in. long. Perianths above 1 in. long, the tube loosely villous, the limb glabrous, obtuse, scarcely 1½ lines long. Style long, remaining curved but not hooked, with a small oblong stigmatic end. "Capsules glabrous, 6 to 8 lines broad."—R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 210, Prod. 396; Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 587, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 464.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Oldfield, F. Mueller; Cape Riche, Preiss, n. 474, 492; Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll., Oldfield. The foliage is nearly that of B. Baxteri, the spikes and flowers very different.
22. B. quercifolia, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 210, Prod. 396. An erect shrub of 5 or 6 ft., the branches and foliage glabrous. Leaves sessile or nearly so, oblong-cuneate, truncate, deeply and irregularly prickly-toothed or pinnatifid, tapering to the base, 2 to 4 in. long, flat or undulate, the transverse veins and reticulations more or less conspicuous underneath. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, dense but rather narrow, 3 to 4 in. long. Bracts with very short glabrous tips. Perianth-tube about ½ in. long, ferruginous-villous, the limb narrow, reflexed, 2 lines long with an awn-like point at least as long, pubescent with shorter hairs than the tube. Style about ¾ in. long, remaining curved, with a small very narrow stigmatic end. Capsules rounded, thick, glabrous or slightly tomentose, ¾ in. broad.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 585, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 462; Bot. Reg. t. 1430.
W. Australia. King George's Sound, R. Brown, Baxter, Harvey, Preiss, n. 489, Oldfield, and others. The foliage is nearly that of B. Caleyi.
Var. integrifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 57. Leaves cuneate, truncate, with a small central pungent point, entire or minutely 2- or 3-toothed. Capsules very thick, 1 in. broad.—East Mount Barren and Tulbinup, Maxwell.
23. B. Baueri, R. Br. Prot. Nov. 35. Probably arborescent, the branches tomentose or nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong-cuneate or almost lanceolate, truncate, sinuate-toothed, very shortly petiolate, mostly 3 to 4 in., sometimes 5 in. long, flat, the transverse veins prominent underneath and the reticulations conspicuous, scarcely tomentose. Spikes very thick and dense, globular or oblong, 6 to 8 in. long. Bracts densely villous at the end. Perianth-tube pubescent, the limb densely
