PROTEACEAE (joss.) r. br. 



Proteaceae R. Brown in Linn. Transact. X. p. 45.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 363.; Suppl I. 



Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. I. p. 68., ed. J J. p. 198. Veget. Kingd. p. 532. Mart. Consp. p. 16., 



ordo 86. Endl, Gen. p. 336., Suppl. IV. 2. p. 74.; Enchir. p. 214. Meisn. Gen. p. 331. f243J. 



Schnitzlein Iconogr. Fam. fasc. VI. t. 113. — Proteae Juss. Gen. p. 78. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE APETALAE PERIGYNAE TETRAMERAE ISOSTEMONEAE MONOGYNAE,* SEPAL18 

 LIBER1S AEQUALIBUS V. IN CALYCEM LABIATO - IBREGULAREM CONNATIS ; STAMINIBU8 RPISEPALISJ 

 OVARIO UM- (V. RARO BI-) LOCULARl , LOCULIS 1—2- PLURl-OVULATIS, FRUCTU CAPSULAR! V. 

 NUCAMENTACEO V. CARNOSO I— 2-POLYSPERMO, SEM1NIBUS ERECT1S EXALBUMIX0S1S, ROSTELLO INFERO. 

 — ArBORES V. FRUTICES (RARISSIME HERBAE) ,* FOLIJS EXSTIPULATIS SPAR&IS 0PP0S1TIS 

 VERTICILIATJ&VE, 1ISDIVIS1& V. LACJNJATJS PlflNATISVE; FLORIBVS SPICATIS, CAP1TAT1S, VM- 

 BELLATJS, RACEM081&, PAN1CULAT1S V. RARIUS AX1LLARIBVS 8UBS0UTARI1S. 



Flores hermaphroditi (rarissime abortu unisexuales). Calyx (perigonium) herbaceus v. 

 petaloideus, coloratus, regularis v. irregularis, marcescens v. deciduus, extus plerumque pu- 

 bescens, sepalis quatuor linearibus v. spathulatis aestivatione valvata v. apice imbricata, paten- 

 tentibus v. in tubum (saepius elongatum) conniventibus v. connatis; tubo quandoque dorso fisso, 

 limbo nunc aequaliter quadrifido, nunc unilabiato, lobis saepius reflexis, planis v. concavis 

 cochleariformibus staminiferis. Stamina 4 (uno rarissime abortivo), sepalis opposita eorum- 

 que limbo (rarius ungui) inserta, rarissime bypogyna, calyce nunquam Jongiora; filamenta 

 subulata, plerumque brevissima (v. tola calyci adnata) inter se libera (rarissime pro parte con- 

 nata), antherae dorso v. basi affixae, biloculares, lineares, oblongae, ovatae v. cordatae, in- 

 ( 1 01 sum birimosae, liberae (raro loculis contiguis vicinarum in lobum unicum demum bival- 

 vem connatis, altero lobo tunc abortivo). Pollen triangulate, angulis pellucidis, v. cllipticum 

 v. lunulatum, raro sphaericum. Glandulae v. squamulae hypogynae parvae, conspicuae (rarius 

 obsoletae v. nullae) nunc 4 sepalis alternae, liberae v. in annulum (saepe inconipletum) con- 

 natae, interdum calycis fundo adnatae, nunc pauciores v. unica (unjlateralis). Pistillum uni- 

 cum , liberum; ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, liaplocarpioum, uniioculare; ovulum unicum v. 

 duo collateralia (raro plura biseriata) prope loculi basin v. apicem v. medium suturae affixa, ana- 

 tropa, micropyle infera, saepe elongata, primina nempe bine longitudinaliter fissa, nucleum par- 

 tim denudante; stylus termiualis, simplex, filiformis (raro brevissimus) persistans v. deci- 

 duus, calycem aequans, rectus, v. saepius elongatus exsertus arcuatus et in aIaba9tro recurvus; 



Proteae. |_1 



