Daphnales.] 



PROTEACEiE. 



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the same Natui-al Order. On the one hand, we have the hard-eoned Banksias, and the 

 close-headed Dryandras ; then come the loose-flowered Hakeas and (jrevilleas ; and the 

 ranks are closed by anomalous genera, 

 bearing the names of Synaphea, Cono- 

 spermum, Franldandia, &e. 



The principal stations of this Order are 

 the Cape of Good 

 Hope and adjacent 

 regions, and New 

 Holland. A few only 

 occur in South Ame- 

 rica, the Malay Ar- 

 chipelago, and else- 

 where in the south- 

 ern hemisphere ; in 

 the northern they 

 are scarcely knoAvn. 

 Protea abyssinica is, 

 however, foimd in 2 

 Abyssinia, and P. 

 Paulina m Sennaar. 

 In general they occur 

 in land unfit for cul- 

 tivation. Few are of 



considei'able size. Mr. Frazer has reported the existence of a plant he referred to 

 Banksia grandis, with a tinmk fifty feet high, and frequently moi'e than two feet and a 

 half in diameter, occupying the barren hills on the banks of the river, at Point Frazer, 

 in the Swan River Colony ; and Grevillea robusta, and Knightia excelsa, are other in- 

 stances of the species acquu'mg a considerable stature. 



Handsome evergreen shrubs, much prized by gardeners for the neatness of theii' 

 appearance, and the beauty or singvdarity of theu' flowers. They are commonly 

 employed as fire-wood at the Cape of Good Hope. The fruit of Guevina is sold hke 

 nuts in the markets of Chile, mider the name of Avellano. 



Waggon wheels are constructed at the Cape of Good Hope from the wood of Protea 

 gi'andiflora, which is called, in consequence, Wagen boom. The dried flowers of 

 Petrophila brevifoUa give out to boihng water so brilliant a yellow colour, that it is 

 possible the plant might be turned to account by dyers. The same may be said of 

 Persoonia macrostachya. The bark of Protea grandiflora is used by the Cape settlers in 

 dian'hoea. The seeds of Brabejum stellatum are roasted and eaten hke Chesnuts ; their 

 shells foi-m a substitute for coffee. The honey that flows from the flowers of Protea 

 mellifera and speciosa is boiled down at the Cape of Good Hope, and used against 

 coughs. It is reported by Endhcher that the root of Banksia marcescens is emetic : 

 but upon no known authority. Upon the whole, the Order must be regarded as one 

 of the most useless to man, notwithstandmg the beauty of the flowers and. foliage of so 

 many species. 



Fig. CCCLXIY. 



GENERA. 



I. NUCAMENTACE.I,. 



Tribe I. Proteidse. 



Aulax, Berg, 

 Leucadendron, Herm. 



Conocarpodendron,Bh. 



Conocarpus, Adans. 



Euryspermum, Salisb. 



Gissonia, Salisb. 



Chasme, Salisb. 

 PetrophUa, R. Br. 



Arthrostigma, Endl. 



Petrophile, Endl. 



Symphyolepis , Endl. 



Xerostolc, Endl. 

 Isopogon, R. Br. 



Atylus, Salisb. part. 



Eitstrobilus, Endl. 



Hypsanthus, Endl. 

 Protea, Linn. 



Leucadendron, Linn. 



Lepidocarpodendron, 

 Boerh. 



Scolymocephalus , Hm. 



Erodendrum, Salisb. 



Pleiiranthe, Salisb. 



Gaguedi, Bnice. 

 Leucospennum, R. Br. 



Conocariwdendron, Bh. 



Diastella, Salisb. 

 Mimetes, Salisb. 



Hypophyllocarpoden- 

 dron, Boerh. 

 Serruria, Salisb. 



Serraria, Burm. 

 Nivenia, R. Br. 



Paranomus, Salisb. 

 Sorocephalus, R.Br. 



Soranthe, Salisb. 



Mischocaryon, Endl. 



Cardiocaryon, Endl. 

 Spatalla, Salisb. 



Coilostigma, Endl. 



Cyrtostigma, Endl. 

 Adenanthos, Labill. 



Tribe II. Conospermidae. 



Synaphea, jR. Br. 

 C'onospermum, Smith. 



Chilurus, R. Br. 



Isomerium, R. Br. 

 Stirlingia, Endl. 



Simsia, R. Br. 



Tribe III. Franklandidae- 

 Franklandia, R. Br. 

 Tribe IV. PersoonidiB. 

 Symphyonema, R. Br. 

 Agastachys, R. Br. 

 Cenarrhenes, Labill. 



=•■ ? Potamcia , Thouars. 

 Persoonia, Smith. 



Pen tadaclylon , G artn. 



Linkia, Cavan. 

 Brabejum, Linn. 



Brabyla, Linn. 

 Guevinia, Mol. 



Qiuidria, K. et Pav. 



Nebu, FeuiU. 

 Bellendena, R. Br. 



II. FOLLICULARES. 



Tribe I. Grevillidae. 



Auadenia, R. Br. 

 Manglesia, Endl. 

 GreviUea, /{. Br. 



Lissostylis, K. Br. 



Li/ssanthe, Salisb. 



Ptychocarpa, R. Br. 



Eriostylis, K. Br. 



Sli/lurus, Salisb. 



Piagiopoda, R. Br. 



Coiiogyne, R. Br. 



Calolhyrsiis, R. Br. 



Fig. CCCLXIV.-Hakea acicularis.-F./tf. Bauer. 1. a couple of flowers; 2. a flower magnified ; 

 3. the pistil ; 4. a fruit ; 5. a seed ; 6. half an embryo. 



