( 20G5 ) 

 Protea acaulis. Stemless Protea. 



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Class and Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Petala 4, quorum 3 superne cohaerentfa. Antkera apici- 

 bus concavis corollse immersae. Nux supera, undique barbata, 

 stylo persistente coronata. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Protea acaulis ; caulibus abbreviatis, ramis depressis, foliis 

 obovato-oblongis marginatis venosis basi attenuatis, in- 

 volucris hemisphaBricis inclinatis : bracteis obtusis glabris, 

 corollis muticis. Brown in Lin. Soc. -Trans. 10. p. 89. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 192. 



Protea acaulis ; foliis oblongis capituloquc globoso glabris, 

 caule decumbente brevissimo. Thunb. Prodr. 27. Diss. 

 n. 49. Willd. Sp. PL 1. p. 529. 



Protea glaucophylla ; caule decumbente ; foliis 3 — 5 pol- 

 lices longis, spatulato-lanceolatis, mucronulatis, utrinque 

 glaucis, lateribus recurvis : fasciculis nutantibus ; brac- 

 teis involucri grandibus, brevissime ciliatis. Salisb. 

 Parad. Lond. 11. 



Leucadendron acaulon; foliis lanceolatis, floribus subro- 

 tundis, caule sutfruticoso unifloro. -Sp. PL 135. 



Lepipocarpodendron acaulon, foliis paucis latis, nervo et 

 marginibus rubris ornatis, fructu parvo. Boerh. Lvgd. 

 2. p. 191. c. tabula. 



Scolymocephalus africanus lauri folio humilis et procumbens. 

 Raj. Hist. 3. lib. 25. p. 9. 



Descr. Stem short, bent down. Leaves obovate -oblong, 

 veined, rigid, margins cartilaginous and recurved. Bractes 

 of the Involucrvm imbricated, the inner ones longest, smooth 



except 



