ON THE PROTEACEiE OF JUSS1EU. 127 



Habitus. Frutices humiles, glabri. Folia alter na, fdi- 

 formia, dichotoma, petioli basi dilatatd. Capitula globosa, 

 parva, terminalia, racemosa, v. paniculata, involucro brevi 

 v. nullo. Flosculi jlavi, glabri, unibracteati. 



I have named this genus in honour of Dr. John Sims, 

 the respectable editor of the ' Botanical Magazine.' 



*1. S. tenuifolia, capitulis nudis, paniculae ramis sub- 

 unifloris bracteolatis. 



Hab. In Novae Hollandiae ora australi : Lewins ciks 

 Land ; ad latera saxosa collium. (ubi v. v.) 



*2. S. anethifolia, capitulis involucratis bracteolis imbri- 

 catis, paniculae ramis multifloris : ramulis capitula sub- 

 aequantibus. 



Hab. In Nova3 Hollandiae ora australi : Lewins Land ; 

 in arenosis prope littora. (ubi v. v.) 



14. CONOSPEBMUM. 



Smith, Linn. Trans, vol. 4. Exot. Bot. Gcert. Carp. 3, 

 p. 198, t. 215. 



Char. Gen. Calyx tubulosus, ringens, lacinia suprema 

 basi fornicata. Anther ce tres, inclusae, laterales dimidiatae, 

 superior biloba: primo cohaerentes, lobis proximis vicina- 

 rum loculum constituentibus. Stigma liberum. Nux ob- 

 conica, papposa. 



Habitus. Frutices. Folia sparsa, integerrima, plana, 

 rariusve filiformia. Spicae axillares v. terminates, composite, 

 se?isimjlorentes, hinc corymbosce. Flores solitarii, sessiles, 

 unibracteati, albi v. ccerulescentes ; Calvce deciduo ; Bractea 

 cucullatd persistenti. 



Obs. Jussieu and Ventenat have referred this genus to 

 the natural order Thymeleae ; but that it is a genuine Pro- 

 teacea, as Dr. Smith has considered it, is proved by the 

 erect embryo, the terminal style, and the aestivation of the 

 Calyx ; and is rendered evident by its affinity to Simsia, 



