590 PROTEACEAE. 



I.iliur r|uam longa. lacinii.s 1 lin. l.-i(i8. Stroliilus '^j unc. ili.-imelro latc ovoiileus vi'l 

 s|ihiteric>i.s , e si|uamaruni .-iitirilius lirunnvis ltaNilius(|ue albo serici-is quafti ninrmora- 

 tus. Klorcs igiioti. Nu\ aiit:uh(a , Nt^lo baai tvrmiNata , utriiiquc iiilis Strictis dense 

 obtecta. — Crescit in Flimli-r.s Islainl. 



2123/,. FAinEA Jlarvcy. 

 (Ilarvcy in II.Hili. Lnnil. journ. of liof. V. 373. t. 13.) 

 InTolucrum niillum. Klores .siiicati. Pcri^roiiium quadripartitum aequale 

 dcciduum. Slamiua -4, apicibu.s coucavis laciiiinrum perigonii in.serta. S(|un- 

 luiilae (|uatuor li_v|>o{i)uac. Ovarium sossile iiiiiloculare uuiovuiatniu. iSty- 

 lus filiformis persistens; stigma oljlonfiiim (|uadrangiilarc verticalc glabrum. 

 Niix mouospcrma scssilis, undi(|ue barbata, stylo pcrsistente raiidata. — 

 Friitex Capeusis glaber: foliis lanceolatis petiolatis integerrimis; apicis 

 termiualibus gracilibus. 



1. F. .SALKi.N.V IJarv. I. c. t. 15. — Frutex. Rami ailulti glaltrl corrugati cvlindrli:i 

 flexuosi, juiiiores niiiiulis.sinie apiiressu |iuliesceiites. Folia alteriia lunceolala acuta, 

 basi sccus petiolum atteiiuata, 3 — 4 uiic. longa sulifalcala verticalia palentia jilaber- 

 rima nitciitia, miiiutis.sime |)urictata uniiiervia , veiiis reticulatis aiiastomosantibu.s, 

 Petioli plano-compressi, supra miiiutissime pubescentes. .Spicae termiiiales subses- 

 siles 3 — 4 unc. longae, involucro nullo sulTultae. Flores sessiles numerosissimi, sp.-«r- 

 sim in rliachi suluala inserti, spiraliter quailrifarii approximati, quisque bractea squa- 

 maeformi miiiuta sulitensus. Alabastra a|ipressa pubesceiitia pateiitia, sursum leviter 

 curvata, 3 lin. loiiga clavata. iStaniiiia ad apicem laciniiiiurum iiiserta, (ilamenta brevia, 

 aiitherae oblon^ue. Uvarium ovatum sessile, lana longa sericea vestitum uiiiovulatuin. 

 St^lis filifurniis loiigus. Squuniae hvpogvnae 4, deltoideae, acuminatae glabrae. Nux 

 capillis lutescentibus deiisissiniis barbata, stvlo persistente rufo nitido glabro caudula. 

 Semen ? — Crescit in Promontorio bonue spei ad Alacalisberg. 



2132. CONOSPERmill Sm. 



(Sm. Transact. of the Liiin. soc. IV. 213.) 

 1. C. ( Eiiconospenmim) PATENS Schlchtd. Linnaea XX. 587. f — Rami corymboso-ra- 

 mosi cum pedunculis bracteis perigoniisque adpresse canescenti-pubescentes; folia 

 adscendenti-curvata, superiie laiiceolata, iiiferne longe attenuala, a|iice acuta, semi- 

 pollicaria |ilana avenia subglabra ; spicae subcapitatae longe peduiiculutue in apicibus 

 rumorum corymbose dispositae ; pedunculi simplices vel pedunculis lateralibus duo- 

 bus aucti ; bracteae late ovatae acumiiiatae ; perigonii tubus inferne dilutatus liiubum 

 superans. tj — Crescit in Nova Ilollandia australi inter Gawler- et Lightriver, 



2138, PEUSOOXIA Smit/i. 



(Smith, Linn. Transact. IV. 215.) 

 I. P. GUNNII Ilook. fil. Lond. journ. of bot. VI. 283. — Ramulis foliisque juiiioribus 

 pube teiiui sparsis ; foliis obovat<i-spathuIutis vel ovato-obloiigis , apice rotuiidatis 

 retusis apiculatisve coriaceis; floribus solitariis folio % brevioribus puberulis ; pe- 

 dunculis uiiifloris, bractea brevi stiffultis ; antheris linearibus muticis, stjlis rectis 

 ovario glabro monospermo longiorihus. 



var. p. alpina: foliis lineari-oblongis. An species distincta? — 

 l"rutex cortice subscarioso lumelloso, ramulis, foliis juiiloribus pcrianthiisque pube 

 tenui saepissime aurea sparsis. Folia valde coriacea uiicialia (iii var, p. loiigiora, 

 l',2-uncialia) fere Vj unc. lata, siccitate transversim rugulosa. Flores sparsi , brevis- 

 sime pedicellati , pedicello bractea purva sulVulto, *i uiic. longo , alabastris clava- 

 tis; periaiithii laciniurum marginibus iiitroflexis corrugatis. Ovarium lineari-ovoideuni 

 uniloculare. Bacca glalierrima ovoidea caerulea , % unc. loiiga, stjlo persistente 

 recto terminata, putamine osseo. — Varietas ^. (vix species distincla) fructifera 

 tantum visa, lniiis longioribus praecipue differt; baccae omnino ut in var. a. — 

 Crescil in Vaii Diemuns Land. 



