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Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu. 211
Banksia grandis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 535.
Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ orâ australi; Lewins Land: in collibus saxosis. (ubi v. v.)


30. B. repens, foliis pinnatifidis: lobis sinuatis v. dentatis, caule prostrato.
Banksia repens. Labill. Voy. 1. p. 412. t. 23. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 118.
Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ orâ australi; Lewins Land: in campis collibusque saxosis. (ubi v. v.)


*31. B. ilicifolia, foliis cuneatis inciso-serratis subtùs glabriusculis, amentis brevissimis, calycis unguibus diu cohærentibus stylum æquantibus: laminus citiùs dehiscentibus!
Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ orâ australi; Lewins Land: in campis collibisque prope littora. (ubi v. v.)
Obs. Species tam singularis ut ferè proprii generis, transitum ad Dryandras facilem reddit.


38. DRYANDRA
Char. Gen. Calyx quadripartitus v. quadrifidus. Stamina apicibus concavis laciniarum immersa. Squamulæ hypogynæ quatuor. Ovarium biloculare, loculis monospermis. Folliculus bilocularis, ligneus: Dissepimento libero, bifido. Receptaculum commune planum, floribus indeterminatim confertis, paleis angustis, rarò nullis. Involucrum commune imbricatum.
Habitus. Frutices v. Arbores, vix excelsæ. Rami umbellati. Folia plerumque humiles. Rami dum adsint sparsi vel umbellati. Folia sparsa, pinnatifida v. incisa, plantæ juvenilis conformia. Involucra solitaria, terminalia, rarò lateralis sessilia, foliis confertis interioribus quandoque nanis obvallatam, hemisphærica, bracteis adpressis, in quibusdam apice appendiculatis.
2 e 2 Obs.