John Sims

“ BANKSIA ericæfolia ; soliis approximatis acerosis truncato-
emarginatis glabris. Linn. Suppl. p. 127. Willd.
Sp. Pl. 1. 536. Bot. Repos. 156. Cavan. Icon.
vol. 6. t. 538.
The Banksia, a genus so named in honour of its first dis-
coverer, the President of the Royal Society, in a voyage
round the world with Captain Cook, is very nearly allied to
Protea, and like that appears to contain a great number of
species of very various forms and size. Our present plant
forms a handsome shrub, thrives freely, and has flowered in
several collections ”