Banksia foliis linearibus, longis, margine revolutis, sub-apices spinulosis: ramis patentibus, ad basin foliis sparsis, superne fasciculatis.
Banksia with long linear leaves, rolled back at the edges, and towards the ends furnished with little thorns: branches spreading, thin of leaves at the base, which are bundled together on the upper part of the branches.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower.
2. A blossom spread open, one chive magnified.
3. The pointal, summit magnified.
The flowers of this Banksia bear a considerable degree of affinity to the B. ericæfolia already figured in Pl. 156, but very distinct in the foliage. From the small thorns on the upper part of the leaves it has acquired the specific title of spinulosa. It is not very often seen in bloom, although an old plant; which is accounted for in the slowness of its growth, and the size it generally attains to before it becomes a flowering plant: and as this character is prevalent through the whole genus, it no doubt prevents them from being so generally cultivated as they would otherwise be; since, when in flower, they are certainly both curious and beautiful. Our figure was taken from a plant in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion-House near Brentford; where, under the care of Mr. Hoy, several fine species of this genus are in very great perfection.[Pg 51]
PLATE CCCCLVIII.
EUGENIA MALACCENSIS.
Malay Apple Tree.