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obligingly permitted rae to examine these, and even to 

 dissect such as were new. For the hke privilege I am 

 indebted to the friendship of Mr. Alton of Kew, who sent 

 me his whole collection, peculiarly valuable as containing 

 many of the original specimens of Mr. Masson : and lastly, 

 I have to acknowledge the great assistance I have derived 

 from the extensive collection presented to this Society by 

 my friend Dr. Roxburgh, who during his short residence 

 at the Cape appears to have paid particular attention to this 

 tribe of plants, and who, besides the many new species 

 discovered by him, has given a greater value to his Her- 

 barium by numerous observations on the sexes, the size, 

 and places of growth, which I have everywhere inserted on 

 his authority. 



PROTEA.CE^. 



DIAGNOSIS. 



Calyx tctraphyllus v. quadrifidus, gestivatione valvata. 



Corolla nulla. 



Stamina quatuor, (altero nunc sterili,) laciniis calycis 

 opposita. 



Ovarium unicum, liberum. Stylus simplex. 



Stigma subindivisum. 



Semen (pericarpii varii) exalburainosuin. 



Embryo^ dicotyledoneus, (raro polycotyledoneus,) rectus. 

 Radicula infera. 



*'] DESCRIPTIO. 



Frutices v. Arbores vix excelsge ; rarissiine Herbse. 



Rami in plerisque annotino-umbellati. 



Folia sparsa, nunc verticillata v. opposita, persistentia, 

 exstipulata, indivisa v. varie dentata, seu incisa profundiusve 

 laciniata, rarissime vere composita. 



Inflorescentia subspicata, modo laxius, in racemum v. 

 corymbum floribus sa3pe geminatis, nunc densius congesta 



