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AULAX umbellata; mas. 
Umbelled Aulax; the male. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Proteace.*. 
AULAX. — Bergius. R. Br. Flores dioici, organis imperfectis. Masc. 
Flores racemosi; calyx tetraphyllus foliolis medio staminiferis. Fem. Stigma 
obliquum clavatum, hispidum, emarginatum. Nux exserta, ventricosa, 
barbata, squamis capituli subulatis.-Frutices glaberrimi. Folia inte- 
gerrima. Flores terminates, unibracteati. Masculi in racemis aggregatis 
nudis. Feminei in capitulo solitario, cincto foliolis intus auctis appendiculo 
aceroso-multifido, capitulo quasi abortivo racemis exterioribus maris analogo, 
(interdum florifero fide Cel. Salisburii.) Brown in Linn, trans. 10. 49. 
A. umbellata; foliis planis spatulato-linearibus. Brown l. c. 
Masc. Protea aulacea. Thunb. aliorumque. 
Rami versits fastigium presertim ramulosi, teretes, leviter angulati, 
glabri. Folia linearia, spatulata, subfalcata, glabra, superioribus longiori- 
bus. Racemi terminates, virgis novellis inferioribus exsuperati, erecti, ovati, 
spiceformes. Flores pallidc flavi, leviter odorati, glabri, pedicellaii. Brac- 
tese subulatce, canaliculate, pedicellis longiores. Perianthium glabrum, 
tetraphyllum, basi coherens, foliolis linearibus suberectis, patentibusve, deci- 
duis. Stamina medio foliolorum inserta. Anther® lineares, glabrte, complete. 
Glandulae hypogyne nulle. Ovarium minimum, subrotundum, pubescens. 
Stylus rigidus. Stigma fusiforme. 
For this we are obliged to J. H. Slater, Esq., of Newick 
Park, by whom it was raised from seeds received a few 
years ago from the Cape of Good Hope. The plant is now 
between two and three feet high, forming an upright shrub, 
with two erect stems, about the thickness of a quill. 
Our drawing was made from specimens kindly furnished 
by Mr. Slater, in July last. The flowers exhale a slight 
honey-like odour. 
The female of this species is figured under the name ol 
Protea umbellata in the Botanist's Repository, tab. 248. 
