224 Mr. Brown, oti the Proteacea of Jussieit. 



Oas. Singularis, Foliis verb compositis, petiolellis cum raclii 

 articulatis ; et SquamA, hypogyiift pedicello ovarii adnatA, 

 nee ipso receptaculo connexa. 



Oritiih A acicularis. Jppend. Flor.Nov. HolL ined. 



This is a perfectly smooth erect shrub ; with alternate cylindri- 

 cal leaves, furrowed on the upper surface and terminated by 

 a pungent mucro. I observed it only on the summit of the 

 Table Mountain, at the southern extremity of Van Diemen's 

 Island. The perfect flowers I have not seen, but have exa- 

 mined the ovarium so soon after foecundation, that I have 

 no doubt of its containing originally only two ovula ; and as 

 its base is surrounded by four glands, the calyx is probably 

 regular. Hence its near affinity to Orites, with which it also 

 agrees in inflorescence and apparently in stigma. The fruit 

 is a smooth compressed coriaceous follicule, containing two 

 seeds, which are winged at both ends ; on which account I 

 have not absolutely referred it to Orites, but, until its flowers 

 are discovered, have given it a temporary name, indicating 

 its affinity to that genus. 



Banks I A muscuUformis. Gcert. Sem. 1. p. 221. Lam. Illust. 

 Gen. 1. p. 242. n. 1280. 



Fructus muscuUformis. Rtimph. Amh. 2. p. 184. t. 60. 



Gaertner has taken up this plant entirely from Rumpf's figure, 

 and referred it to Banksia on account of its fruit contain- 

 ing according to that author two winged seeds. But from 

 Rumpf's description, it appears that the whole plant is 

 lactescent; hence it probably does not belong to this family, 

 but rather to Apociniae, as Burmannus has already con- 

 jectured. 



Cyliitdria. Lour. Cochin, ed. JVilld. 1. p. 86. 



Both 



