'The Banksia Serrata in Fruit' Finish:Stretched The Queen of Tonga waves

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'The Banksia Serrata in Fruit' Finish:Stretched The Queen of Tonga wavesBotanical study of Banksia serrata, a shrub native to Australia and first collected by Sir Joseph Banks. Plate 20 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that: 'The form of the capsules may be understood from the figure, which represents a whole spike in fruit, about half the natural size. The capsules are covered in thick down.' The plate is inscribed: 'F P Nodder delin. The