172 CXLIV. PROTEACE^. [Proteece, 



cylindraceus v. oblongnis, snlcatus, stigmatc parvo terminali ; ovuluml, lateraliter afl^um, 

 plus minus amphitropum. Xux ovoidea v. oblonga, subteres, basi non dilatata, stylibasi 

 appendiculata V. nuda. — Frutices erecti, foliosi. Folia conferta, sparsa, coriacea, nunc 

 parvula lata et integerrima, nunc etiam in eodem raraulo angusta, more Serrurire divisa v. 

 dissecta. Flores sub quaque bractea solitariij sessiles, capitati, capitulis 4-flons bracteis 

 totidem involucratis, intra bracteam subtendentem sessilibus, in spicam terminalem 

 oblongam cylindraceam v. subglobosam confertis. In spica fructifera SEepius rufo-pilosa, 

 bractese persistentes interdum auctse fructum includentes. 



Species 12, Africse australis incolse. Meissji. in DC, Prod. xiv. 299. Andr. Sot Bep. t. 234, 243 

 (Proiea). 



^. parvifoUa, Br., ab omnibus differt styli apice breviter conico, nee anguste oblongo. 



10. spataila, Salish. Farad, Zond. suh n. 67, et in Knight, Prot 73.— Flores hermaphro- 

 ditic parum irregulares. Periantliium tenue, ima basi parum dilatatum, limbo recto v. 

 incurvo ovoideo v. oblongo, segmentis per anthesin alte solutis recurvis basi breviter 

 cohserentibus, superiore ssepe c.-eteris paullo latiore. Antherae in lamina subsessiles, 

 ovatie V. oblongye, superiore cseteris ssepe majore et interdum sola pollinifera. Squamae 

 hypogynse 4, subulatce. Ovarium sessile v. brevissime stipitatum ; styli apex brevis mine 

 brevissimus, oblique oblongus clavatus v. subdisciformis, stigmate valde obliquo v. 

 lateral! v. in medio disco ; ovulum 1, lateraliter affixum, plus minus amphitropum. JSTux 

 brevissime stipitata, ovoidea. —Frutices ericoidei. Folia sparsa, filiformia v. subulata, 

 indivisa. Flores parviili, sub quaquo bractea solitarii, capitati, capitulis 1-4-iioris bracteis 

 totidem parvulis involucratis, in spicam laxiusculam v. racemum terminalem dispositis, 

 sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis. Nuces s^pius pubescentes v. villos£e, involucrum 

 superantes v. breviores, bracteis involucri sub fructu interdum varie comiatis. 



Species descriptse 17, Africae australis incolEe. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 306. Species plures 

 quoad folia et habitus vix distinguendpe, sed styli apicis forma characteres certiores pra>bere 

 videtur. 



11. Petropliiia, i?. Br. in Trans, Linn. Soc. x. 67.— Flores hermaphroditi, regulares. 



Perianthium tenue, rectum v. curvulum, limbo angusto, segmentis per anthesin ad 



medium v. usque ad basin solutis supernc recurvis. Anthera:; inlaminis scssiles, lineares 



V. oblongae, connectivo breviter producto appendiculatae, Squamje hypogynje 0. Ovarium 



sessile ; stylus superne ssepe dilatatus v. truncatus, sub apice fusiformi hispido t. 



papilloso glaber, stigmate terminali parvo ; ovulum 1, prope apicem lateraliter affixum, 



plus minus amphitropum, addito rariiis ovulo secundo abortive. Nux stepius com- 



pressa, interdum marginc alata, pilis lougis ad margines v. basin connata.— Frutices. 



Folia sparsa, coriacea, integerrima v. divisa, sa^pius teretia v. angusta. Flores sub 



quaque bractea solitarii, sessiles, dense capitati v. spicati, capitulis tcrminalibus v. rarius 



axillaribus strobilinis globosis ovoideis v. rarius cylhidraceis, receptaculo sen rhachi 



lanato ssepius cylindraceo, squamis imbricatis post anthesin induratis persistentibus ; 



bracteae sub capitulo syepius ao, membranacese, coloratse, involucrum persistcns v. 



deciduum formantes. 



Species 35, omnes Australianse. Benth. PI. Austral, v. 319. F. Muell Fragm. Phyt. Austral, x. 

 47, 61. Cav. Ic. t. 550, 551 {Protea). Guillcm. Ic. PL Austral, t. 18. Pot. Mag. t, 796 {Protca), 3169. 



Genus in Fl. Austral. 1. c. in seetioncs 6 dividitur, ad cliaractercs imprimis D foliorum et styli 

 apicis formas deductas, quae tamon haudmagni valoris apparent. 



Attltjs, Salish. Parad. Loud, sub t. 67, incUidit Piiroiihilam et Isopogonem, R. Br. 



12. Isopogon. n. Br. in Trans. Unn. Soc. x. 71.— Flores hcrmaphroditi, regulares. 

 Perianthium tenue, nunc tcnuissimum, post anthesin circumscis.sum, parte superiore 

 dccidua 4-fida, segmentis linearibus, laminis linearibus v. oblongis ; pars inferior diu 

 persistens, in fructu fissa v. dciuum rejecta. Antheroe in laminis sessiles, connectivo brevi 

 apiculatae. S<iuamse hypogynse 0. Ovarium sessile ; stylus superne ssepius dilatatus v. 

 clavatus, ab apice scopiformi reflexo-hispido strictura saspiua separatus, v. rarius stylus 



