Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu. 133 
Has. In Africä Australi. D. Mn. (v.s. in Herb. D. gib 
bert. J. 
Desc. Frutex erectus, simplex? Folia RER tere- 
: tiusculis, callo apicis. obtuso. Pedunculus terminalis, scapi- 
formis, sepe infra racemum 8—10 uncias equans, bracteis 
paucissimis. Racemus scapo plerumque brevior, 8—10-florus. 
: Pedunculi partiales, capitulo longiores, basi dilatatä, cum 
. processu scutelliformi racheos articulati. | Capitula magni- 
tudine avellanz, globosa. Calya semuncialis.  Nuz undique 
Rnbcscepp diee Droyispimo, glabro, piso 
9.4 NIVENIA.. 
sank Salisb. Peralli 
Cuar. Gen.. Calyx quadrifidus, equalis, totus deciduus. Stigma 
clavatum, verticale.. Nux- ventricosa, nitens, sessilis,: basi 
integra. Involucrum simplici serie tetraphyllum, quadri- 
florum, fructiferum induratum ; Receptaculo plano épaleato. 
Hanirvs. Fructices, Foliasparsa, inferiora bipinnatifida filiformia; 
superiora, in quibusdam, indivisa, plana. Involucra in spicam 
rariüsve capitulum terminale digesta, sessilia, ` bracteá unicd 
subtensa. Flores purpurascentes.. | 
This genus is published by Mr. Salisbury: his primary fhe 
character does not indeed at all differ from that which he 
has given; to Mimetes:; in. his. account of Inflorescence, 
however, it is evident he understood the genus nearly as I 
C „have here proposed it :.I should therefore have adopted his 
name had it appeared to me tenable ;.-but I am disposed to 
believe that. he will, on reconsidering the subject, see the 
-propriety of | relinquishing it; for the irregularity or unusual 
structure, ; which (if I understand him) he says exists “ tot 
. partibus diversis,” only takes place in: the: leaves of a’small 
ler number 
