569 



PROTEA grandifiora; {3; angusUfolia: 

 Narrow-leaved greaUflowered Protea. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



Nat ard. PKOTRfi. Jussieu gen. 78. Div. I. Semen Dudum aut fnio* 



tus monospennus. 

 Vroteacem, Brawn in tram. Hn. soc, 10. 15, seqg. Die. L 

 Fnictus clausus. Subdiv. A. Anthers msTWCTm: k corolla liberae. 

 Flares hermapkroditi, rard polygami dioici, sHgmate tunc TerticalL Antiercs 

 apicibus concaris coroUee immersae. Germ, monospenuum. Nuz subcrus- 

 tacea v. Samara. Squamula v, ghmdulae 4 hypogyaae. Car. irregularis, 

 labiata, laciaiis 3 (rare omnibus) cohgerentibus. ^rown, 

 PROTEA. Suprd voL S.foL 208. 



Dm Capitula terminalia. 

 P. grandifiora, foliis oblongs sessilibus ramisque glabris, involucro hemi- 



sphxrico imberbi nudiusculo, corolla tomentos^; unguibus dorso glabn-* 



usculis; aristis brevissimis, stylo glabro. Brown in tram. Un. ioc.lO. 



85. 

 Frotea grandifiora, Tkunh. diss, n. 51. Ejusd. prod, 27- Willd. $p. ph 



1. 530. Lamarck itlustr. 1, 234. n- 1210. encgc, 5. 640. Sort. Kew. 



ed. 2. 1. 191. 

 Protea cinaroides $. Lin. sp. pL ed. 1. 1. 92. ed, 2, 1. 136. 

 Frotea foliis lanceolatis integerrimis flore patente glabra s^Iis longissimis, 



Roy. lagd. bat. 186. 

 Scolymocephalos foliis oblongis. Weinm, phytantk. 4. 286. <. 891. 

 Lepidocarpodendron ; folio salignolato; caule purpurascente, Boerh, lugd, 



bat. 2. 183*- c. tab. 

 Scolymocephalus foliis oblongis glabris crassioribus latioribus, Serm, cat. 



mt. 

 (^) Protea marginata, Lamarck illustr. 1, 235. n. 1225. 

 Obs. Variatinvohun'openitiisglabro bractcisque ext&rioribus aibo^tomentosis. 



FoL guandogue lineari-obhaga et tunc ab icone P. abyssinicae hand dis- 



tinguenda. Brown. 



(0,) Folia obscuro-glaucescentiat opaca. Capitulum diametro subtriun- 

 cialia^ cbtoroleucum. Involucrum unciis 2parum projundins; foliola extia 

 lanttgine $erice& ex viUis albis aliis cinnamomeo-coloratis commixtis pubes- 

 centia; exteiiorSibremalanceoIato-Qvata^ ciliata^ extiis n^o-fiucescentia/in- 

 teTiora.elongato-tanceolata, obtuduscula.apice^idtcitiata, Corollae inwZucrum 

 exsuperantes, aristS subnuUS. Anth, ustulato-fuscescentes, poUine ockroleuco. 

 Stylus 2-uncialis, i coroM Imgi^ extrums, invotv^:rum §■ parte saUim exce- 

 dens, basi obsolete villosus, compressus. Glandulae hypogynae 4. Recept. cwi- 

 vexuMt akeolatum, diametro vndamparum excedente. 



A species that has rarely, as we presume^ blossomed in 

 the European collections, since we find it no where repre- 



