PLATE CCCCLVII.

BANKSIA SPINULOSA.

Thorny-leaved Banksia.

CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Receptaculum commune elongatum, squamosum: corolla tetrapetala: stamina limbo inserta: capsula bivalvis, disperma, dissepimento mobili interjecto: semina alata.

Common receptacle elongated, scaly: blossom of four petals: chives 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. LXXXII. Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.