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PROTEA LEVIS. Smootu Protea. 
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Class and Order. 
TerranpriA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
_Petala 4, quorum 3 superne coherentia. <Anthere api- 
cibus concavis corolle immerse. Nux supera, undique- 
barbata, stylo persistente coronata. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Prorea levis; caulibus nanis decumbentibus, foliis elon- 
gato linearibus levibus aveniis marginibus (ex desic- 
catione ?) recurvis, mvolucro hemispherico : bracteis 
obtusis subsericeis, calycibus, (petalis) subuncialibus 
muticis. Brown in Lin. Soc. tr. 10. p..91. Roem. et 
Sch. 3. p. 352. Poir. Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 4. p. 562. 
n. 96. 4 . 
Eropenprum longifolium; caule decumbente : foliis 2-3 
lineas latis, 5-8 pollices longis, lineari-lanceolatis, 
_ acutiusculis, adultis levibus, supra concavis: bracteis 
ultimis retusis. Salish. et Knight Proteée. p.46. _ 
Protea longifolia. Salisb. Parad. Lond. 37. io ie 
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Descr. Stem decumbent, smooth. Leaves secund, a 
span long, two or three lines broad, acute, pale green, 
smooth, flat towards the base, somewhat concave upwards, 
margins smooth, not thickened, recurved when dried. In- 
volucrum sessile, erect, hemispherical. Bractes very obtuse, 
somewhat silky while young, minutely ciliate. Claws of 
the petals (calyx Br.) smooth externally with woolly mar- 
gins; limb villous. ; 
Mr. Brown took up his Protea l/evis from a specimen 
in the Banksian Herbarium, collected at the Cape by Mr. 
Francis Masson, and by his friendly assistance we are 
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