Note on the South African Proteacece. 
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Lamark,"^' and also by Willdenow,f but with the exception of a few 
novelties there is no advance on Thunberg, and both works are merely 
compilations of Thunberg's Dissertations on the Proteaceae. In 1804 
Poiret I published ; he goes a step further than Lamark, as a short 
general description follows each of the 74 species of Protea mentioned, 
but some of the species belong to Australian genera. Between the years 
1797 and 1812 appeared various parts of Andrew's " Botanists' Eeposi- 
tory," containing coloured plates of species which flowered in cultivation ; 
a few species still recognised were first described in this work. After Thun- 
berg's Dissertations the most important contribution to our subject was by 
E. A. Salisbury, § and which marked the founding of several new genera. 
Salisbury again published in 1809 || under the name of Knight, this pub- 
lication being the first serious attempt to define and limit the genera in 
the Order. The material which Salisbury studied was, as pointed out 
above, mainly collected by Niven and cultivated in Hibbert's garden at 
Clapham. The collection must have been extensive, as we find 190 
species described, which were grouped into 15 genera, viz., Aulax, Berg. ; 
Gissonia, Salisb. ; Protea, Linn.; Euryspermum, Salisb. ; Chasme, Salisb. ; 
Serruria, Burm. ; Erodendrimi, Salisb. ; Pleuranthe, Salisb. ; Leucadendron, 
Linn.; Diastella, Salisb.; Mimetes, Salisb.; Paranomus, Salisb.; Soranthe, 
Salisb. ; Spatalla, Salisb. ; Brahieum, Linn. The relation of these genera 
with those recognised by modern botanists will be dealt with when dis- 
cussing Eobert Brown's work. The Proteese " has not received the 
recognition due to it, notwithstanding that it was the first serious scien- 
tific account of the Order published, and is useful, as it contains details 
as to localities and excellent notes on the habits of the various species 
made by Niven. 
The classic work on the Proteacese was by Eobert Brown, who read 
a paper entitled, On the Proteaceae of Jussieu," before the Linnaean 
Society on January 17, 1809. Brown recognised 10 South African 
genera with 181 species, viz., Aulax, Berg.; Leucadendron [^Protea, 
Euryspermum, Chasme, Gissonia of Salisbury); Leucospermum ( = Leuca- 
dendrum, Salisb.) ; Serruria, Salisb. ; Mimetes ( = Mimetes and Diastella, 
of Salisb.) ; Nivenia ( = Paranomus, Salisb.) ; Sorocephalus ( = Sorayithe, 
Salisb.); Spatalla, Salisb.; Braheium, Linn. The only differences we 
find in the limits of the genera of Brown and Salisbury are in Protea, 
* Lamark, " Illustrationes." 
f Willdenow, "Species Plantarum," 1797. 
\ Poiret, " Encyclopedie methodique," 1804. 
§ K. A. Salisbury in the " Paradisus Londiensis," 1806, see pi. Ixvii. 
II Knight, "The Cultivation of the Plants belonging to the Natural Order Proteeae," 
1809. 
1! Trans. Linn. Soc, x. (1810). 
