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 coast of New Holland, is not unlike some varieties of Ilex Aquifolium, and now in his Majesty's collection at Kew. Leaves 1-1½ inch long, obcuneate, distantly serrated, almost smooth underneath. Bractes ⅔ shorter than the flowers. Stigma club-shaped.

Rachidifolia, 3. J. foliis 5–9 pollices longis, sublinearibus, dense alteque serratis, subtus valde tomentosis: bracteis floribus ½ brevioribus: stigmate conico.

Banksia nivea. ''Labill. Voy. 1. p. 413. t. 24.'' Vertebral Josephia.

A low shrub, discovered by on the West coast of New Holland, in calcareous soil mixed with sand. Leaves 5 to 9 inches long, nearly linear, deeply serrated, very cottony underneath. Bractes ½ shorter than the flowers. Stigma shortly conical. They delight in a dry airy part of the Greenhouse.

L. This genus receives honour itself, rather than confers any, by