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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Protea continued. 



glass ; or by imported seeds. Several of the species for- 



merly included here will now be found under Serruria 



(which see). 



P. acaulls (stemless). fl. purple, in a sessile, hemispherical 

 head, lin. to l*in. in diameter. July. I. obovate-oblong, thick, 

 4in. to Sin. long, lin. to 2in. broad, obtuse or mucronate-acute, 

 narrow-cuneate below the middle, sometimes petioliform at base. 

 Stem shortened and much branched, depressed, h. lift. 1802. 

 (B. M. 2065.) 



P. acerosa (acerose). fl. blackish, in somewhat aggregate, sub- 

 sessile, turbinate-hemispherical heads, lin. in diameter; perianth 

 scarcely iin. long. April. I. subulate, slender, somewhat rigid, 

 smooth, seven to twelve lines long, scarcely half a line broad. 

 Stems erect, nearly 1ft. high, sub-umbellately branched. 1803. 

 This species may be readily recognised by the leaves being more 

 slender than the style. (B. R. 351.) 



P. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). A form of P. grandiflora. 



P. oordata (heart-shaped).* fl. purple, in a hemispherical head 

 as large as a small apple ; scales red, obtuse ; perianth iin. long. 

 April. I. remote, glaucous, sessile, cordate, and somewhat 

 rounded or ovate, rigid, 2in. to 4in. long, liin. to 5in. broad ; 

 young ones red-margined. Stem prostrate, short, scaly ; branches 

 slender, ascendent, h. Sin. to 12m. 1790. (A. B. R. 289.) SYN. 

 P. cordifolia (B. M. 649). 



P. cordifolia (heart-shape leaved). A synonym of P. cordata. 



P. coronata (crowned). A synonym of P. formosa. 



P. cynaroides glabrata (Cynara-like, glabrous).* fl. white, 

 greenish within, in large, obovate-globose, at length spreading 

 heads ; scales rosy-tipped. August. I. elliptic or oval-oblong, 

 attenuated at both ends, usually obtuse. Stems epigaeous, 6in. 

 to 12in. long, very simple, thick. 1774. (A. B. R. 288, under 

 name of P. cynaroides.) 



P. o. obtusifolia (ohtuse-leaved). fl. like those of the type. 

 I. sub-orbicular or obovate, very obtuse, shortly attenuated 

 at base or sub-emavginate, together with the petiole 4in. 

 to 6iu. long, lin. to 2m. broad. (B. M. 770, under name of 

 P. cynaroides.) 



P. formosa (beautiful).* /., perianth violet; involucre of an 

 intense rose-colour, the scales white-ciliated. May. I. narrow- 

 oblong, oblique, glaucescent, 3in. to 4in. long, liin. to 2in. broad, 

 slightly obtuse, rose-margined, glabrous. Branches, as well as 

 the margins of the leaves, tomentose. A. 6ft. 1789. (B. M. 1713.) 

 SYN. P. coronata (A. B. R. 469). 



P. formosa (beautiful), of Andrews. A synonym of Leucospermum 

 medium. 



P. grandlflora (large-flowered), fl. white, in heads as large as 

 a man's list ; calyx iin. long ; style at length Sin. long, straight ; 

 young scales ferruginous- or white-tomentose. May. I. oblong, 

 obtuse, reticulate-veined, not marginate, Sin. to 5in. long, from 

 lin. to 2in. broad, coriaceous, with a terminal, obtuse or sub- 

 recurved callus. Branches glabrous, densely leafy. A. 6ft. to 7ft. 

 1787. A small tree. (B. M. 2447.) P. angustifolia (B. R. 569), 

 according to Meissner, is a mere form of this, with lanceolate 

 leaves, six to eight lines broad. 



P. Iwyla (smooth) fl. greenish, nearly lin. long, in sessile, 

 mediocre, erect, hemispherical heads ; scales sub-sericeous, at 

 length glabrous. May. I. glaucous, elongated-linear, acute, 

 glabrous, attenuated at base, flat, secund, 4in. to 6in. long. Stem 

 decumbent, dwarf. 1806. (B. M. 2439.) 



P. latifolia (broad-leaved). /. purple, scarlet, or green, as much 

 as 3{in. long, tomentose, in large, turbinate heads. August. 

 I. sessile, cordate-ovate, obtuse, reticulate-nerved, Sin. to 4in 

 long, 2m. to Sin. broad, thick, amplexicaul, the margins some- 

 times woolly. Branches tomentose, densely leafy at apex. k. 6ft. 

 to 8ft 1806. (B. M. 1717.) SYN. P. radiata (A. B. K. 646). 



P. Icpidocarpon (scaly-fruited). fl. purple, in ovoid, sessile 

 heads, about the size of the fist ; perianth nearly 2in. long, pilose 

 May. I. lanceolate, acute, narrow at base, slightly scabrous- 

 dotted rigid erect, Sin. to Bin. long, five to seven lines broad. 

 Branches glabrous, or the younger ones tomentose or sub-villous. 



of 5? - 8ma11 tree> (A - B R> m ' under name 



P. lepidocarpon (scaly-fruited), of Ker. A synonym of P. mela- 



P. longifolia (long-leaved). /. pale, blackish at the tips of the 

 perianth, 4m. long pilose, m large, ovate-oblong heads, very 

 shortly turbinate at base. February. 1. narrow-lanceolate Ion"- 

 attenuated, Sin. to 6in. long, three to four lines broad acute or 

 obtuse.^ callous-apiculate. A. 2ft. 1798. (A. RR. 132-134; 



P. magnifica (magnificent). A synonym of P. gpeciosa 



P. melaleuca (hlack-and-white). fl., involucral scales white- 



ciliated, outer ones squarrose, inner ones connivent, black- 



tomentose at back. May. L linear-ligulate, ciliated on the 



margins Branches slightly pilose, h. 6ft. 1786. SYNS. 



P. lepidocarpon (B. M. 674), P. speciosa nigra (A. B. R. 103). 



P. mellifera (honey-bearing).* Cape Honey-flower or Su"ar- 



bush jl. pink or white, Sin. to Siin. long, white-penicillate' at 



the tips, in large, ovate-oblong, attenuated, sub-pedunculate 



Frotea continued. 



heads, Sin. to 4in. long ; scales of a beautiful sanguinary-rose 

 colour, slenderly striated. September. I. lanceolate, of a 

 pleasing green, Sin. to 5in. long, three to six lines broad, by 

 no means marginate, slightly callous-apiculate. Branches 

 spreading, ascendent at apex. A. 6ft. 1774. Shrub or small 

 tree. (A. B. R. 582 ; B. M. 346.) 



P. mucronifolia (mucronate-leaved). fl. violet, white within, 

 and white-bearded, less than lin. long, in small, globose, sub- 

 sessile heads, about the size of a walnut. September. I. linear, 

 liin. to 2in. long, with a pungent mucrone, not narrowed at the 

 base. Branches glabrous, h. 4ft. 1803. (A. B. R. 500; B. M. 

 933.) 



P. neriifolia (Oleander-leaved). /. purplish and yellowish-white, 

 plumose at the tips, in oblong-turbmate heads, Sin. long ; inner 

 scales silvery-silky, black-bearded on the margins. March. 

 I. linear-lingulate, 4in. or more long, about Jin. broad, obtuse or 

 very slightly acuminate, emarginate at base, and, as well as the 

 branches, tomentose. A. 3ft. or more. 1806. A robust shrub. 

 (B. R. 208.) 



P. pcnicillata (pencilled). /. liin. to IJin. long, white-bearded 

 at the apex, in a turbinate, spheroid head, as large as an apple ; 

 style 2iin. long, sulcate. Summer. I. lanceolate, slightly obtuse 

 at both ends, 2in. to 3in. long, six to ten lines broad, the young 

 ones villous-ciliated. Branches slender, rather loosely leafy, 

 tomentose at the top. Shrub. (B. M. 6558.) 



P. 

 b 

 blackish on the margins, slightly scabrous. A. 3ft. 



pnlchella (pretty).* /. red ; inner involucral scales silky, 

 lack-bearded on the margins. June. I. linear-lingulate, rather 



blackish on the margins, slightly scabrous. 



(A. B. R. 270 ; B. R. 20.) 

 P. radiata (rayed). A synonym of P. latifolia 

 P. Scolymns (Scolymus).* fl. purple, iin. to Jin. long, in 



erect heads, as large 



rather thick. April. 



at base, 2in. t 



as well a 



. . , . . , , 



rect heads, as large as a plum, at length obovate ; style lin. long, 

 1. linear-lanceolate, acute, long-attenuated 



at base, 2in. to 4m. long, iin. to in. broad, striate- 



the branches, glabrous. Branchlets slender, cory 

 rather loosely leafy. A. 3ft. 1780. An erect shrub. (A. 



mnkled, and, 

 pmbose, 



409; B. M. 698.) " 



P. speciosa (showy). /. Sin. long, white-silky, the laminae some- 

 times red- or white-bearded ; heads ovoid, as large as the fist ; 

 scales all white-silky. April. I. thick, oblong or obovate, nar- 

 rowed at base, somewhat acutely mucronate, Sin. to 6in. long, lin. 

 to 2in. broad, and, as well as the erect branches, glabrous. A. 6ft. 

 1786. Shrub or small tree. (A. B. R. 110 ; B. M. 1183.) SYN. 

 P. magnijica (A. B. R. 438). 



P. 8. nigra (black). A synonym of P. melaleuca. 



P. villifera (villi-bearing). /. purple, in sessile, oblong heads, Sin. 

 lon^; and lin. to 2in. broad ; inner scales pink, white-bearded 

 at apex. August. I. sessile, glaucous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 attenuated at base, Sin. long, lin. to 2in. broad, and, together 

 with the branches, pilose. A. 6ft. 1800. (B. R. 1023.) 



FROTEACEJE. A natural order of trees or shrubs, 

 rarely perennial herbs, mostly Australian or South 

 African, a few being dispersed in tropical or extra- 

 tropical South America and the South Pacific Islands; 

 they are wholly wanting in North temperate regions. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, or by abortion polygamous or 

 dkecious, capitate-spicate, racemose, or rarely solitary, 

 bracteate, very rarely bibracteolate ; perianth inferior, 

 of four at first valvate, coherent segments, afterwards 

 becoming more or less recurved; stamens four, always 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers erect, in hermaphro- 

 dite flowers all perfect or rarely one abortive, the con- 

 nective continuous with the filaments ; bracts sometimes 

 small, very caducous, or almost obsolete, sometimes 

 imbricating and persistent, forming a hard cone. Fruit 

 very variable in form. Leaves alternate or scattered, 

 rarely opposite or whorled, entire, much toothed, or 

 sometimes pinnatisect or decompound on the same plant, 

 usually coriaceous ; stipules none. Many of the species 

 are well known to gardeners, by whom they have long 

 been cultivated. Several produce an abundance of nectar. 

 The wood of some of the Australian kinds is valuable 

 for cabinet- making. Proteacece comprises forty- nine genera 

 and about 950 species. Well-known examples are : Banksia, 

 Grevillea, Hakea, Leucospermum, and Protea. 



PROTEINOPHALLUS. Included under Amorpho- 

 pliallus. 



PROTERANDROUS and PROTANDROUS 

 (from the Greek words proteros, sooner, and aner, 

 andros, a male). Words devised, by Delpino and by 

 Hildebrand respectively, to signify that, in a flower 

 which possesses both stamens and pistil, the pollen is 



