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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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* Pinnate : with pinnate filiform Leaves. 



1. Protea Decumbens; Decumbent Protect. Leaves trifid, 

 filiform; stem decumbent; corolla silky. Native of the 

 Cape. 



2. Protea Florida. Leaves trifid, filiform; stem erect; 

 heads solitary, encompassed with bractes. Native of the 

 Cape. 



3. Protea Cyanoides. Leaves trifid-pinnate, filiform; stem 

 erect; heads solitary, naked. Native of the Cape. 



4. Protea Patula. Leaves trifid-pinnate, filiform ; stem 

 erect; heads aggregate. Native of the Cape. 



5. Protea Pulchella. Leaves bipinnate, smooth, filiform ; 

 heads terminating, club-shaped, aggregate, leafless, bracted. 

 Native of New Holland. 



6. Protea Spheerocephala. Leaves bipinnate, filiform ; 

 peduncles shorter than the heads ; calicine scales ovate, vil- 

 lose at the base. Native of the Cape. 



7. Protea Serraria; Cut-leaved Protea. Leaves bipinnate, 

 filiform, rough-haired; peduncles longer than the heads, 

 ealicine scales ovate, lanceolate, rough-haired. Native of 

 the Cape. 



8. Protea Trinerva. Leaves bipinnate, filiform, smooth ; 

 peduncles longer than the heads ; calicine scales ovate, lan- 

 ceolate, rough-haired. Native of the Cape. 



9. Protea Glomerata. Leaves bipinnate, filiform ; com- 

 mon peduncle elongated, naked ; pedicels longer than the 

 heads. Native of the Cape. 



10. Protea Phylicoides. Leaves bipinnate, filiform; heads 

 terminating, solitary, woolly. Native of the Cape. 



11. Protea Lagopus. Leaves aggregate, filiform; heads 

 in spikes, aggregate. Native of the Cape. 



12. Protea Spicata; Spiked Protea. Leaves bipinnate, 

 filiform ; heads in spikes, distinct. Native of the Cape. 



13. Protea Sceptrum. Lower leaves bipinnate; upper 

 trifid and entire. Native of the Cape. 



( * Toothed : with toothed callous Leaves. 



14. Protea Crinita. Leaves five-toothed, smooth ; stem 

 erect; heads two or three, terminating. Native of the Cape. 



15. Protea Conocarpa; Tooth-leaved Protea. Leaves five- 

 toothed, smooth ; stem erect; head terminating. Native of 

 the Cape. 



16. Protea Elliptica. Leaves elliptic, three-toothed, smooth ; 

 stem erect; head terminating. Native of the Cape. 



17. Protea Hypophylla. Leaves three-toothed, smooth, 

 divided one way; stem decumbent; head terminating. 

 Native of the Cape. 



18. Protea Cucullata. Leaves three-toothed, smooth; 

 heads lateral. Native of the Cape. 



19. Protea Tomentosa. Leaves three-toothed, tomentose. 

 Native of the Cape. 



20. Protea Heterophylla. Leaves three-toothed and entire; 

 stem decumbent. Native of the Cape. 



** Acerose : with filiform awl-shaped Leaves. 



21. Protea Pinifolia ; Pine-leaved Protea. Leaves filiform; 

 flowers in racemes, not calicled, smooth. Native of the 

 Cape. 



22. Protea Racemosa ; Downy -flowered Protea. Leaves 

 filiform ; flowers in racemes, calicled, tomentose. This is 

 the only plant of the genus hitherto known with a one- 

 rlowered calix, which distinguishes it from the two following 

 species, winch at first sight it very much resembles. Native 

 of the Cape. 



23. Protea Incurva. Leaves filiform, incurved, smooth ; 



fads raceme spiked, tomentose. Native of the Cape. 

 24. Protea Caudata. Leaves filiform, rough-haired; heads 

 bsessile, in spikes. Native of the Cape. 



25. Protea Bracteata. Leaves filiform, channelled ; head 

 terminating; bractes multifid. Native of the Cape. 



26. Protea Comosa. Lower leaves filiform, upper lance- 

 olate; head terminating. Native of the Cape. 



27. Protea Purpurea. Leaves linear, recurved ; heads 

 terminating, drooping; stem decumbent. Native of the 

 Cape. 



28. Protea Prolifera. Leaves awl-shaped, appressed ; stem 

 proliferous. Native of the Cape. 



29. Protea Corymbosa. Leaves linear subulate, appressed; 

 branchlets in whorls, subfastigiate; stem proliferous. Native 

 of the Cape, 



30. Protea Nana. Leaves linear, subulate ; head termi- 

 nating; calix coloured. This is always known by the resem- 

 blance its flowers bear to the Rose. Native of the Cape. 



31. Protea Lanata. Leaves three-sided, appressed; head- 

 terminating, woolly. Native of the Cape. 



** Linear : with linear Leaves. 



32. Protea Torta. Leaves linear, oblique, callous. 

 Native of the Cape. 



33. Protea Alba. Leaves linear, silky, tomentose. 

 Natie of the Cape. 



***** Lanceolate : with elliptic and lanceolate Leaves. 



34. Protea Aulacea; Widow -Wail-leaved Protea. Leaves 

 linear, spatulate, smooth ; flowers in racemes, not calicled. 

 Native of the Cape. 



35. Protea Umbellata ; Uwtbelled Protea. Leaves linear - 

 spatulate, smooth ; heads terminating ; bractes multitid. 

 Native of the Cape. 



36. Protea Linearis; Linear-leaved Protea. Leaves linear, 

 spatulate, smooth ; heads terminating, tomentose. Native of 

 the Cape. 



37. Frotea Cinerea ; Gray Protea. Loaves linear, wedge- 

 shaped, silky; head terminating, silky. Native of the Cape. 



38. Protea Scolymus ; Small Smooth-leaved Protea. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, smooth ; head terminating, round, 

 smooth. Native of the Cape. 



39. Protea Abyssinica. Leaves lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base, blunt; head terminating, hemispherical. In the 

 middle of a very hot day, the flowers unbend themselves 

 more, the calix seerns to expand, and the whole flower to 

 turn itself towards the sun, in the same manner as the Sun- 

 flower. When the branch is cut, the flower dries almost in- 

 stantaneously. Bruce saw it in Abyssinia, where it is a 

 native, near Mount Lamalmon. 



40. Protea Mellifera; Honey -bearing Red-barhed Protea. 

 Leaves lanceolate, elliptic, smooth; head terminating, oblong, 

 smooth ; tips of the corolla woolly; style smooth, simple at 

 the summit. This has been long known in [our gardens ; 

 and is distinguished by its very glutinous, rose-coloured, 

 smooth calix : the branches are red and smooth ; and the 

 leaves slightly obovate or spatulate. Native of the Cape. 



41. Protea Hepens; Creeping Protea. Leaves lanceolate, 

 elliptic, smooth ; head ovate, smooth ; stem decumbent, very 

 short. Native of the Cape. 



42. Protea Plumosa; Feather flowered Protea. Leaves 

 lanceolate, wedge-shaped, hoary: head terminating, oblong; 

 petals smooth beneath, hairy, with very long hairs above. 

 Native of the Cape. 



43. Protea Obliqua ; Oblique-leaved Protea. Leaves linear, 

 lanceolate, smooth, callous, oblique; head cauline, termi- 

 nating. Native of the Cape. 



44. Protea Parviflora ; Small-flowered Protea. Leaves 

 elliptic, obtuse, callous, oblique ; heads smooth at the ends 

 of the branchlets. Native of the Cape. 



45. Protea Pallens ; Pale Proina. Leaves lanceolate, 



