<p>This is an image of a print of a hand coloured engraving by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a> (1757-1822), based on drawing nominally by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_White&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="John White (page does not exist)">John White</a> but probably by the convict artist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Watling&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Watling (page does not exist)">Thomas Watling</a>. It appeared as Tab. IV in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Smith" title="James Edward Smith">James Edward Smith</a>'s 1793 <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_Specimen_of_the_Botany_of_New_Holland" class="mw-redirect" title="A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland">A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland</a></i>. The plant depicted is <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Banksia_spinulosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Banksia spinulosa">Banksia spinulosa</a></i> (Hairpin Banksia).
</p><p>The accompanying text explains the figure thus:
</p>
<ol><li>A scale of the receptacle.</li>
<li>A flower unexpanded.</li>
<li>The same expanded</li>
<li>Stigma</li>
<li>Tip of a petal magnified, shewing one of the stamina in its natural situation.</li>
<li>Stamen separate.</li></ol>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a>
1793
Orinally from <i>A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland</i>. This digital image obtained from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Australia" title="National Library of Australia">National Library of Australia</a>'s online pictorial collection. The NLA image, which is available <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an10152066">here</a>, includes a bar of indexing information along the bottom. This is a cropped version that eliminates the indexing information.