SUPPLEMENT. 



THE FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 By Charles Louis Pollard. 



CHAPTER liN .— Continued. 



Family Proteaceae. Protead Family. A very large family, com- 

 prising about 50 genera and nearly 1000 species, many of which are 



Fig. 70.— Flower-head of an Australian species of Bankna. a genus belonging to 

 the Proteaceae: one-half natural size. Original. 



