HARVEY ON A NEW GENUS OF PROTEACEÆ, 373 
Short Description of a New Genus of Plants, belonging to the 
Order PRoTEACE, from South Africa; by W. H. 
Harvey, Ese., M.R.LA. &c. 
(With a Plate, Tas. XV.) 
Dr. Lindley, in his account of the Swan River vegetation, 
notices the remarkable fact that the generic groups of Pro- 
teacee appear to have been so fully represented in the very 
limited collections made previously to the revision of the 
order by Mr. Brown, that among the great number of new 
species since discovered, no new genus, with the exception 
of Manglesia, has been recognised. Such a circumstance, 
occurring in an order so extensive and diversified in character 
this is, is indeed extraordinary. It is therefore with a 
. Strong feeling of pleasure that I proceed to detail the cha- 
Pacers of a South African shrub, belonging to this order, 
Which appears to be distinct from any African type. Fora 
Knowledge of it Iam indebted to Sir W. J. Hooker, who 
75 not only liberally presented me with specimens, but 
. me to name and describe tbe genus. This I 
Shall do under the name of ZR. x ue 
FAUREA, Harv. — 3 ee De pe 
tk nullum. Flores spicati. Perigonium quadripar- 
fitum, equale (?), deciduum. Stamina 4, apicibus concavis 
laciniarum perigonii inserta. Squamulæ 4, hypogynæ. 
Ovarium sessile, uniloculare, uniovulatum. Stylus fili- 
formis, persistens; stigma oblongum, quadrangulare, ver- 
bata, stylo persistente caudata.—Frutex Capensis, glaber; — 
foliis lanceolatis petiolatis, integerrimis; spicis terminalibus, — 
i : 
A re bd " i ja, Harv. Jm ips = kag : ite 
AB. At Macalisberg, South Africa; Messrs. Burke 
ticale, glabrum. Nua monosperma, sessilis, undique bar- — 
