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PROTEA neriifolia. 
Oleander-leaved Protea. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Равотк®. Jussieu gen. 18. Div. Г. Semen nudum aut fruc- 
tus monospermus. А 
РЕОТЕАСЕЖ. Brown in trans. linn. soc. 10. 15, segg. 
Div. I. Fructus clausus. А. AÁNTHERA DISTINCTA: À corollá li . 
Flores hermaphroditi, raré polygami dioici, stigmate tune verticali. Anthere 
apicibus concavis corollee immerse. Germ. l-spermum. Nus subcrustacea 
у. батаға. Squamule v. glandule 4 hypogyne. Cor. irregularis, labiata, 
laciniis 3 (raró omnibus) cohzrentibus. Brown. 
PROTEA. Cor. bipartibilis, inzequalis, labii Jatioris laminis stamini- 
feris cohwrentibus. Stylus subulatus. Stig. angustius, cylindraceum. 
Nux undique barbata, stylo persistenti caudata. Recept. commune, paleis 
abbreviatis persistentibus, Jnvolucr. imbricatum, persistens. Frutices той 
proceriores et quandóque arborescentes, modo subacaules, Fol. integerrima. 
Capitula terminalia, rariüsve fateralia: receptaculo planiusculo, nunc con- 
vezo, scpissimà glabro, paleis фиаладфие connatis alveolato: invol. magno, 
€olorato, turbinato v. hemispherico: corolle labio latiore sep 9-9-aristato. 
Brown in trans. linn, soc. 10. 74. 
Р. neriifolia, foliis lineari-lingulatis levibus opacis margine subsimplicibus 
basi extüs ramisque tomentosis, involucri bracteis interioribus apice 
parüm latioribus dorso argenteo-sericeo margine nigro-barbato, calycis 
aristis laminas superantibus intùs pennatis, stylo pubescenti. Brows 
„ с. 81. 
Cardui generis elegantissimi cujusdam caput. Clus. erot. 38. fig. 15. 
Frutex tripedalis v. magis, robustus, superne axillis foliorum ramosus ; 
caulis ramique tomentosi. Fol. sessilia, ligulato-oblonga acumine brevi obtust- 
-usculo, quadriuncialia ultraque cum latitudine 3 partium uncie, basi nervo 
medio à supino tomentosa, Juniora utringue per totum nervum, ceterum 
villosiuscula, Capitula oblongo-turbinata subtriuncialia ; involucrum inferné 
squarrosum, bracteis exterioribus margine fitsco-sphacelatis, interioribus line- 
ari-spathulatis laminá erectá, extüs obsolete subrubentibus. | Corolla labium 
latius biaristatum, plumá aristarum superne subflavescente, inferné purpuras- 
cente; labium angustius uniaristatum extúsque plumosum. Anth. fusce, 
lineares. Stylus strictus, compressus, ochroleucus: stigma dciculare, pur- 
pureum, 
Excepting one species, found in Abyssinia by Mr. Bruce, 
„ће whole genus Pnorza, as far as it is now known, belongs 
to the Cape of Good Hope and the adjoining regions. Clu- 
sius, indeed, says, that the specimen described and figured 
by him, and cited by Mr. Brown to the present species, was, 
according to the account of the sailors, brought from Ма- 
dagascar. "Тһе whole natural order, with a few exceptions, 
