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.