de Protea. 



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Folra filiformia, bipinnata, flexiiofa, ereOiaj 

 glabra, frequentia, poriicaria; prnn^ circiter 

 4, oppoiit^e; pinnuU' alternae, fiibfaftigiata^ ^ 

 apice acutge, riifefcenti-glandiilofae, 



FloYnm capitola in apice caoiis terminalia^ 

 peduncukta, aggregata, magnitudine nucis 

 fere avellan^. 



PeduncuH rufefcentes 5 hirti, uniflori, infe- 

 riores horizontales, fuperiores ereSii, capita- 

 lis dup!o breviores. 



Penanthium commune imbricatum; fqua- 

 mis latis, ovatiSj acuminatis, bafi viilofis, rufe- 

 fcentibus. ^ 



yCoroUa argentea, pilis Iqngis imbricatis. 

 Serraria. Caulis teretiufculus ^ flexuofus , 

 ereQrus, ramofus, purpureus, glaber, bipeda- 

 lis & ultra, craffitie vix calami columbini. 



Rami alterni, flexuofi, filiformes, fubfafl:i- 

 giati, ceterum cauli fimiles, rarius ramulofi, 

 eredo - patuli. 



Folia filiformia, bipinnata, ereao-patula^ 

 frequentia, internodiis longiora, pollicaria; 

 ptnn^ circiter tres, oppofit^; pinnul^e alter- 

 nse, glandulofo-acuta!. 



Florum capitula in ramis terminalia, pedun- 

 culata, faft:igiata, aggregata, magnitudine pifi. 



Pedunculi filiformes, alterni, laxi, villofi, 

 capitulis longiores, fuperiores fenfim breviores. 



Perianthmm commune polyphyllum, hir- 

 tumj breviflsmum; fquamis lanceolatis. 



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