918 PROTEACEAE 
vith 5 somewhat unequal petals. Gynoecium 
vi a short style, spiral stigmas and 2- 
lobed placentae. psule unequally 3- 
winged.—A bout 0 speci dely dis- 
ELEPHANT'S-EARS. BEGONIAS.— 
any — with showy leaves and highly 
colored x-like flowers are widely culti- 
vated. 
1. B. semperflorens Link & n Plants 
3—10 dm. tall: leaf-blades 4—7 em. broad, the 
teeth apiculate: bracts cited abra: 
corolla white; larger petals of es staminate 
flowers 6-14 mm. lor the ed ones 
ng, 
spatulate: capsules dn ee TUAL 
BEGONIA)—Swamps and low Mr da pen. Fla. Nat. of S. A. 
Order PROTEALES — PROTEAL ORDER 
Perennial herbs, or shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or rarely op- 
posite: blades simple or compound. Flowers perfect, or occasionally po- 
lygamous or dioecious. Perianth of 4 valvate distinct or partially united 
sepals. Androecium of 4 stamens, one borne on each sepal. Gynoecium 
a single earpel. Ovary superior, often oblique. Fruit indehiscent, or 
often follicular or capsular. 
Famitry d. PROTEACEAE — Protea FAMILY 
Leaf-blades P pe entire, toothed, or divided. Flowers borne in 
spikes, racemes, or panicles, wah are commonly congested. Calyx, an- 
droecium, ium, various, often very irreg gular. ul cenera 
and about 1 "000 poc mostly of Asia, Africa, and Australia 
1. GREVILLEA R. Br. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades often m 
parted. Flowers borne in racemes or panicles, sometimes irregular. Ovary 
stipitate. Style often Bv from the 
cleft of the calyx. Fruit follicular or l- or 
2-valved. Seeds flat, often ves —About 
175 species, most abundant in Australia. 
1. G. robusta A. Cunn. Tree becoming 20 
m. tall: leaf-blades 2-4 dm. long: panicle 
showy, orange or red: the racemes 1—2 dm. 
1 Y epal 
Na pr.—tThi 
tree, ere different from our native trees 
in both fol liage and inflorescence was bob 
duced p Florida many years ago ornamental and a shade tree. Iti 
unusual among our A es in "a it pe the flower clusters along the ane 
and the main brane 
