Daphnales.] 



PROTEACE/E. 





ranks are closed l,.v anomalous genera, 



bearing the names of Synaphea, Cono- 



spermum, Franklandia, &c. 



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 known. 

 1'rotea abyssinica is, 

 however, found in 

 Abyssinia, and P. 

 Paulina in Sennaar. 

 In general they occur 

 in land unfit for cul- 

 tivation. Few are of 



SSS^f f Ze - • , Ir - Fl ' aZCr has re P° rted the existence of a Plant he referred to 

 hal ?n T * >*' WUh a tm " k m * feet h5 - h ' and frequently more' than two f ,1 



u m dieter, occupying the barren hills on the balks of the river a PoiS FrTer 

 m the Swan River Colony; and Grevillea robusta, and Knightia excelsa are ' 



stances of the species acquiring a considerable stature ° ' ^ ^ 



granE thi'l,^ SB?"* 8 * at the C&pe °^°° d H °» )e from the ™> d " f P">^ 

 Tvt n^ in . * ,• d ' m conse q ue '"--e, Wagen boom. The dried flowers of 



en o phda hrevifoha give out to boiling water so brilliant a yellow colour tlm ( i 

 possible the plant might be turned to account b v dyers. The s„nS 4 



dSr 'Ti^^ets R T i e bark f„ Protea ^ fl °™ * used **?»£ ^ - 



sS i form 1 St f '^ Um ^""V"" :UV roasted and , ' :itl " iikl ' ^ h '-"^ ! ^fr 

 »^n;V a substitute for coffee. The honey that flows from the flowers of Protea 



"uS SiTTA b f°**°™ ^ thi Cape of (Jood Hope, am J agS 



ton l-rJ'-"'"'^" tluU theroot of Ii;iIlk - 1 nTarcescensiseS 



hmos si! authority. Upon the whole, the Order must be regarded as one 



n any spec Ls ""** notwithstanding the beauty of the flowers and fohage of BO 



Fig. CCCLXIV. 



I. NUCAME.VTACE.E. 



Tribe I. Proteida:. 

 Aulax, Berg. 

 l.eucadendron, Herm, 



Conocarpodendron,Bb 



Conocarpus, Adans. 



Euryspermum, .Salisb. 



Gitsonia, Salisb. 



Chasme, Salisb. 

 Petrophila, It. Br. 



Arthrottigma, End]. 



Petrophile, Endl. 



Symphyolepis, Endl. 



Xerostole, Endl. 

 Isopogon, ft. ftr. 



-Uiihts, Salisb part. 



Eustrobiius, Endl. 



Ili/psanthits, Endl. 

 Protea, ttnn. 



Leucadendren, Linn. 



GEKRERA. 



Lepidocarpodendron, 1 Cyrtostigma, Endl 

 „ , Boerb. ' Adenanthos, AuWft. 



Scolymocephalut, Hm. 

 Erodendrum, Salisb. Tribe II. Conospermidas. 



Pkuranlhe, Salisb. 

 Gaguedi, Bruce. 

 Leucospermum, ft. ftr. 

 tendron.Bh. 

 Diastella, salisb. 

 Mimetes, &z«*&. 

 Bypophyllocarpoden- 

 dron, Boerb. 

 Serruria. Salisb. 



Serraria, Burm. 

 Nivenia, fi. /;/■. 



Paranomx.s. Salisb 

 SorocephiUus, ft. Br. 

 Soranthe, Salisb. 

 Mischocaryon, Endl. 

 Cardiocaryon, Endl. 

 Spatalla, So/wt. 

 Coilottigma, Endl. 



Synaphea, ft. ftc 

 < onospermum, smith. 



Chilurut, R. Hr. 



Itomerium, R. Br. 

 Stirlingia, End/. 

 - a, B. Br. 



Tribe III. Franklandida 



Franklandia, ft. ftv. 



Tribe IV. Persoonidc 



Sympbyonema, ft. ft;-. 

 Agastachys, ft. />v. 

 ( 'enarrbenes, Ldbill. 



Potameia, Tbouars. 

 Persoonia, Smith. 

 ' Pentadactylon, GSrtn. 



l.ivkia, Cavnn. 

 Brabejum, /.inn. 

 Brabyla, I. inn. 

 Guevinia, .'.' 



trta, K. el 

 . 1 • ui 11. 

 Bellendena, ft. ftr. 



II. F01 1 11 1 1 ■ 

 Tribe I. Grevillidtc 

 Anadenia, ft. ftr. 



Grevillea, ft. ftr. 

 Litsostylh. R, Hr. 



- 

 Mycfo , R. Br. 



-. K. Br. 



Sti/liirns. Salisb. 



R Hr. 

 '■. H. Hr. 

 ' • r, K. Hr 



Fig. CCCLXIV.-Hakea acicularis.-2%,tf. Bauer. 

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



1. a couple of flowers; - a flower magnified; 



