ON THE PROTEACE^ OF JUSSIEU. 127 



Habitus. Frutices humiles, glabri. Folia alterna, fili- 

 formia, dichotoma, petioli hasi dilatatd. CapiMa glohosa, 

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

 V. nullo. YioscvXi flavi, glabri, unibradeati. 



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

 the respectable editor of the ' Botanical Magazine.' 



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

 unifloris bracteolatis. 



Hab. In Novae HoUandise ora australi : Levrins ciss 

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



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

 catis, paniculse ramis multifloris : ramulis capitula sub- 

 sequantibus. 



Hab. In Novae Hollandise ora australi : Lewins Land ; 

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



14. CONOSPERMUM. 



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

 p. 198, t. 215. 



Char. Gen. Calyx tubulosus, ringens, lacinia suprema 

 basi fornicata. Antherce tres, inclussBj laterales dimidiatse, 

 superior biloba : primo cohserentes, lobis proximis vicina- 

 rum loculum constituentibus. Stigma liberum. Nux ob- 

 conica, papposa. 



Habitus. Frutices. Folia sparsa, integerrima, plana, 

 rariusve Jiliformia. Spicse axillares v. terminales, composites, 

 sensim florentes, hinc corymhosa. Flores solitarii, sessiles, 

 unibradeati, albi v. ccerulescentes ; Calyce 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, 



