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 —Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 582, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 454, Bot. Mag. t. 3535; Lindl. and Paxt. Mag. i. t. 35, copied into Flora des Serres vi. 636, and into Lem. Fl. Jard. t. 119.

7. B. littoralis, ''R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 204, Prod. 392.'' A tree of 20 to 40 ft., the branches closely tomentose. Leaves scattered or irregularly whorled, linear, broadly and distantly serrate or rarely entire, tapering into a petiole, 4 to 8 in. long, the margins recurved or nearly flat, the under surface hoary-tomentose or white. Spikes oblong or cylindrical, 6 to 10 in. long. Bracts truncate and tomentose at the end. Perianth silky, nearly 1 in. long. Style rather longer than the perianth, remaining hooked, with a very small ovoid stigmatic end. Fruiting cones tomentose with the closely packed bracts after the perianths have fallen away; capsules shortly protruding, rounded, not thick, tomentose, ½ to ¾ in. broad.—Meissn. in Pl. Preiss. i. 583, and in DC. Prod. xiv. 454.

8. B. ericifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. 127. A tall shrub or small tree of 12 to 14 ft., glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves crowded, narrow-linear, truncate or notched at the end and sometimes with an intermediate point, otherwise entire with closely revolute margins, rarely exceeding ½ in. Spikes cylindrical, 6 to 10 in. long. Bracts with broad shortly acuminate silky-pubescent tips. Perianth yellow, silky, the tube about ¾ in. long, the limb ovoid. Style about 1 in. long, hooked, with a very short thick stigmatic end. Fruiting cones long and cylindrical. Capsules scarcely protruding, villous but often becoming glabrous, the flat top to 1 in. broad and 4 or 5 lines thick.—R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 203, Prod. 391; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 453; Cav. Ic. vi. t. 538; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 156; Bot. Mag. t. 738; Baill. Hist. Pl. ii. 393, f. 227 to 229.

9. B. spinulosa, Sm. Specim. Bot. N. Holl. 13, t. 4. A tall shrub, glabrous or the young branches minutely pubescent. Leaves narrow-linear, notched at the end with a prominent point in the notch and often bordered towards the end with 2 or 3 small teeth on each side, otherwise entire, with revolute margins and the midrib prominent underneath, 1½ to 3 in. long. Spikes ovoid and 2 to 3 in. lông, or rarely cylindrical and twice as long. Bracts with broad shortly acuminate silky-pubescent tips. Flowers yellow, larger than in B. ericifolia. Perianth silky, the tube nearly 1 in. long. Style 1¼ to 1½ in. long, often purple, with a very short stigmatic end not thicker than