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Protea Scolymus. Small Smooth- 

 Leaved Protea. 



C/^t/j- rf#J Order* 

 Tetrandria Monocynia, 



Generic Character* 



Cor. 4-petala (petalis fubinde vario modo cohaerentibus). 

 Antherce infertae petalis infra apicem. Sem. l, fuperum, nudum. 



Specific Char after and Synonyms. 



PROTEA fcolymus ,• foliis lanceolatis acutis capituloque ter- 

 minali rotundo glahris. IVilld. Sp. PL 522. Thunb, 

 Prod. 26. Dijf. n. 36. Hort. Kew. 1. 127. Mart, 

 Miller DicJ. n. 38. Scrad. Sert. Hannov. p. 4. /. 20, 



PROTEA fcolymocephala. Re i chard. 1. 271. 



LEUCADENDRON Jcolymocephalum ; foliis lanceolatis flo- 

 ribus fubrotundis, caule fruticofo ramofo. Sp, Pi, 



1 35* 

 LEPIDOCARPODENDRON acaulon, ramis numerofis c 

 terra excrefcens ; calyce floris immaturo extus ex 

 rubro et flavo variegato, intus flavo. Boerh, Lugd. 

 2, p, 192. cum icone. 



There is probably more than one variety of this fpecies 

 of Protaa, for it is defcribed by Thunberg as having 

 purplifh corollas ; in our plant the ftyle only is purple. The 

 corolla, which confifts of two unequal petals connected toge- 

 ther at the bafe, but eafily feparated, is a greenifh yellow: 

 one of the petals bears three anthers a little below the tip ; 

 the other, which is filiform, only one. There is, however, 

 iome little variety in this, fome of the flowers feparating fpon- 



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