Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after
watercolour drawings by Sydney
Parkinson (1770) and Frederick Polydore
Nodder (1778)

Plate 1

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Banks Florilegium, Part 1, Plate 1

Dillenia alata (Dilleniaceae)

Line engraving by Gerald Sibelius, after watercolour drawings by Sydney
Parkinson (1770) and Frederick Polydore Nodder (1778).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Point Lookout, Australia (1770)
Endeavour River, Australia (17 June - 4 August 1770)

A remarkable feature of these large trees with shady evergreen canopy is that
the showy yellow flowers last for only one day. The species is confined to
coastal areas in New Guinea and tropical north-eastern Queensland, where it is
commonly known as the golden guinea tree

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