48 Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussien. 
Filamenta brevissima v. mediocria, rarissime partim coherentia. 
Anthere adnate, biloculares, lineares, loculis per axin longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus; raró bipartite lobis: respondentibus 
-vicinarum connatis loculumque unicum tandem bivalvem ef- 
formantibus, altero lobo in quibusdam deficiente. 
Pollen triangulare, angulis subsecernentibus, quandoque ellipti- 
cum v. lunatum, raró sphericum. : i 
Squamule Glanduleve hypogyne v. quatuor foliolis cal ycis alter- 
nantes, distinctz seu connate; v. pauciores et intüs secundz, 
interdum nullz, rarissimé staminuliformes. 
Ovarium unicum, liberum, sæpè pedicellatum, pedicello raris- 
sime articulato, mono-di-poly-spermum quandoque bilocu- — 
lare: ovulis apice, basi v. latere ovarii afüxis.. 
Stylus simplex, terminalis. en In |i 9 
Stigma in plerisque indivisum, modd emarginatum rariüsve bifi- 
dum; sepé obliquum, figura varium, plerumque glabrum, 
quandoque papulosum, hispidulum v. tomentosum.. = . 
Pericarpium, Nux, Samara v. Drupa monosperma ràró disperma, 
vel Folliculus coriaceus seu ligneus, di-poly-spermus basi, mar- 
 ginibusve suture seminifer; rar bilocularis,  dissepimento 
libero parallelo bipartibili ! | i Ir 
Semen sessile, ventricosum, v. ‚sepils compressum, in follicu- 
.. latis seepé alatum ; exalbuminosum, apice Chalazá venosä in- 
'Signitum, Rhaphinullà. din | | 
Embryo dicotyledoneus, rard. polycotyledoneus, rectus, albus. 
Radicula infera, brevis. 2 | GE. 
Plumula vix conspicua. 
as IE 5 
1. AULAX. 
