Proteece.] CXLIV. PROTEACE.E. 173 



usque ad apicem contiuuus tenuisqne ; stigma parviinij terminale ; ovulum 1, juxta 

 apicem lateraliter affixum. Nux undique hirsiita v. longe comosa, ovoideo-conica, vix 

 compressa, nee alata. — Frutices habitu Petrophilm. Folia sparsa, rigide coriacea, Integra 

 V. divisa, teretia v. plana interdumque latiuscula. Flores sub quaque bractea solitarii, 

 sessiles, dense capitati v. spicati, capitulis terminalibus v. rarius axillaribus strobilinis 

 globosis V. ovoideis, receptaculo v. rhachi brevi v. elongate laufito ; squamoe imbricatre, 

 post anthesin v. cum seminibus decidure ; bractete sub capitulo involucrantes diutius 

 persistentea, et foliis caulinis summis arete cinctss. 



Species 29, omnes Australiana?. Denih. FL Austral, v. 330. 

 Genus iu scctiones 2 dividitur:— 



1. Hypsanthus, strobili squamis acummatis laxo imbricatis, interioribus angustis. Recepta- 

 culuin planum conrexum v. rarius oblongum. Guillcm. Ic. PI. Austral, t. 19. Hook, Ic, PL t, 438. 

 Pot. Mag. t. 3539, 4037, 4332, 4372. 



2. Etistrobits, strobili squamis apice dilatatis v. truncatis, post anthesin arete imbricatis. Eecep- 

 taculum eonvexum conicum v. eylindraceum. Cav. Ic. t. l)4iS, 649. Aiidr. Bot. Pep. t. 332, 465. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 697 {omnes sub Protea). Bot. Peg. t. 900, 1288. LoM. Bot. Cab. t. 1337, 1883. 



13. Adenanthos, LabiU. PL 2^ov. IIoU. i. 28, t. 3G ad 38. — Flores hermaphroditi , 

 regulares v. paruni irregulares. Ferianthii curvuli tubus tenuis v. basin versus amplior, 

 antice sjepius fissus, fere totus deciduus, limbo parum latiore, laminis ocqualibus ; pars 

 inferior persistens, brevissime annularis. Antlierae in laminis sessiles, tequales v. antica 

 effoeta longior, connectivo brevi apiculatre. Squamae hypogynaa 4, glanduliformes, 

 perianthii basi annulatiB adnat?e eamque superantes. Ovarium sessile ; stylus elongatus, 

 diu arcuatus et e fissura perianthii protrusus, demum erectus et perianthio longior, 

 supcme sub apice clavato v. dilatato attenuatus, stigmate in sulco antico descendente ; 

 ovulum 1, lateraliter affixum, aniphitropum. Nux (rarius drupa ?) parva, glabra v. parce 

 pilosa, indehiscens. — Frutices v. arbusculai. Folia sparsa integra v. divisa, plana v. 

 teretia, rarius rigide pungentia. Flores in involucro e bracteis 4-8 stepius G imbricatis 

 sessiles, solitarii, involucris axillaribus v. terminalibus sessilibus v. breviter peduncu- 

 latis solitariis v. fasciculatis. Perianthiiim extus pubescens v. villosum, laminis sa^pius 

 intus pone antheram barbatis. Ovarium annulo pilorum cinctum. 



Species 15. Australia} occidontalis extratropicse incolae. Bcnth. Fl. Austral, v. 350. Endl. 

 Iconogr. t. IlO, F. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral, viii. 149. 



14. Stirllngia, Endl. Gen. 339 et SuppL iv. ii. 81 ; Iconogr. t. 23. (Simsia, P. Br. in 

 Trails. Linn. Soc. x. 152, non Pers.) — Flores hermapbroditi v. abortu masculi, subregu- 

 lares. Perianthii curvuli tubus oblongo-cylindraccus, superne angustior, limbo recto 

 pauUo latiore ; segmenta per anthesin soluta, superne recurva. Stamina sub basi lami- 

 narum affixa, filamcntis brevibus crassis ; antheroe primum in cylindrum circa stylum 

 cohosrentes, loculls cujusve anthene connectivo lato separatis, cum loculo antlierse 

 contiguse in unum confluentibus, demum solutie cum segmento recurvje. Squamie 

 hjrpogynpe 0. Ovarium sessile ; stylus fillformis, stigmate terminali obtuso v. peltato- 

 dilatato ; ovulum 1, anatropum, a basi erectum. Nux parva, indehiscens, obovoidea v. 

 obconica, apice truncata v. convexa, undique hirsuta, pilis superioribus in comam elongatis. 

 — Sufirutices fruticesve sjupius glabri. Folia sparsa dissccta segmentis trichotomis, v. rarius 

 trihda. Flores parvi, in spicas globosas conferti, sub quaque bractea solitarii, sessiles, spicis 

 in pedunculo longo solitariis panic ulatisve. 



Species 6f Australiae occidentalis extratropicse incolaj. Benih, Fl, Austral, v, 356, 



Tribus II. C0NOSPERME.E. 



15. Synaphea, P. Br. in Trans, Linn, Soc. x. 155 ; A^yp. Flind. Voy. t. 7. — Flores 

 hermaphroditi, irregulares. Perianthium obliquum v. incurvum subclavatum, tube brevi ; 

 limbus latior obovoideus ; segmenta per anthesin soluta, postici lamina erecta ovata v. 

 oblonga, cseteraj 3 stepius breviora magisquc patentia. Stamina ad basin laminanim 



