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any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds

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DuRietz's monograph is a low-cost publication in two quarto volumes (parts 9.1 and 9.2) in the Banksia series by Dahlia Books Handelsbolag ['Trading Company'] in Uppsala.
Etymology.--The specific epithet is a noun in apposition, in reference to the distribution of this species in the 'kwongan' Banksia heathlands of south-western Australia's northern sandplains.
Banksia serrata, 1772-84, Gabriel Smith after Sydney Parkinson and John Frederick Miller, hand-coloured engraving on paper, 46 x 29.5cm.
The seedpod of the coastal banksia, a tree native to eastern Australia, suggests an intricate sculpture, a grouping of clams, or disembodied mouths.
"I personally prefer wilder arrangements with greens such as Mentha, Dille visnaga, Parvifolia eucalyptus and seeded eucalyptus." Layer the greens with South African wild flowers such as Protea or Banksia.
Max is vice president of Tamworth Hospital branch and works in the 25-bed Banksia mental health unit.
Over the next ten years, she produced a series of portraits set against the river and the Indian Ocean, and pursued an analysis of plant forms such as the zamia palm, xanthorrhoea, banksia, and the majestic melaleuca, to brilliant effect.
Two bouquets of Australian flowers are proving popular: the Beautiful Boronia bouquet and the Banksia Bouquet.
Brooke Garrett, English teacher at Banksia Park International High School, South Australia, described how the development of a Social Action approach by the English communications unit brought about significant outcomes for the school community.
The two university workplace early childhood centres at the focus of this study (Banksia Drive and Wattle Place) were located immediately adjacent to their respective university campuses.
For instance, Dryandra is now included in Banksia (Mast & Thiele, 2007), and a new phylogeny for Macadamieae, the most widespread tribe of Proteaceae has been inferred (Mast et al., 2008).
Meg was a graduate teacher working in a remote Australian school in Banksia Plains (4).
With Blue Banksia Qing Bell Vase, DeBoos' studies in China have provided her with a new visual language inspired by mingling Asian and outback traditions.