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CXI. PROTEACEiE. 
[Isopogon. 
Receptacle oblong or cylindrical. — R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 72, Prod. 366 ; 
Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 279 ; F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 238 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 
1337 ; Protea anemoni folia, Salisb. Prod. 48; Bot. Mag. t. 697 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 332 ; P. tridactylites, Cav. Ic. vi. 33, t. 548. 
Hab.: Wallangarra. 
3. CONOSPERMUM, Sm. 
(Conical seed.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth-tube straight, entire ; limb of 4 nearly 
equal spreading lobes or 2-lipped, the upper lip very broad, concave, shortly 
acuminate or with recurved margins, the lower with 3 narrow lobes. Stamens 
inserted in the gibbous apex of the tube or concave base of the limb ; filaments 
short, thick ; anther of the uppermost stamen with 2 perfect cells, of the lateral 
stamens with 1 perfect and 1 abortive cells, of the lowest stamen with 2 abortive 
cells, the perfect cells stipitate erect concave, each one of the lateral anthers 
when in bud facing the adjoining one of the upper anther and forming with it 
but one cell, but separating as the flower opens, the abortive cells usually 
subulate. Ovary obconical, crowned by a tuft of long hairs, 1-celled with 1 
pendulous orthotropous ovule. Style filiform at the base, more or less thickened 
and curved on a level with the anthers and terminating in an oblong and narrow 
beak with a lateral stigma close to the end elastically turned down towards the 
lower lobe of the perianth as the limb expands. Fruit a small indehiscent 
turbinate or obconical nut, the apex broad flat or concave, covered with a coma 
of usually long hairs, the sides villous with shorter hairs. — Shrubs or under- 
shrubs. Leaves quite entire. Flowers blue, lilac, pink or white (not yellow), in 
short dense spikes, which are either sessile in dense compound heads, or solitary 
on axillary peduncles or variously paniculate on axillary or terminal peduncles, 
each flower sessile within a broad sheathing persistent bract, the rhachis of the 
spike often somewhat lengthened and thickened as the flowering advances. 
The genus is limited to Australia, and the greater number of species to extratropical 
W. Australia. 
Sect. 1. Euconospermum.- Perianth-limb 2-lipped, as long as or shorter than the tube, 
the upper Up very broad, concave over the anthers, the lower with 3 narrow lobes. 
Stems leafy to the inflorescence. Peduncles several, terminal or in the 
upper axils, each with several spikes, forming a corymbose panicle. 
Perianth-limb not above half as long as the tube. 
Leaves rigidly linear, crowded, erect, 2 to 3in. long 1. C. sphacelatum. 
Leaves linear, linear-oblong or lanceolate, erect or slightly spreading . 2. C. taxifolium. 
1. C. sphacelatum (sphacelate), Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Anstr. 342; 
Benth. FI. Austr. v. 371. An erect shrub, the branches and young leaves 
silky or hoary-tomentose, the older foliage glabrous, the inflorescence pubescent. 
Leaves crowded, erect, linear, rigid, with a small callous point, obscurely 1- 
nerved, mostly 2 to 3in. long. Peduncles in the upper axils longer than the 
leaves, bearing each several spikes, and forming a compact broad terminal 
corymb. Bracts broad, shortly acuminate. Perianth shortly pubescent, about 5 
lines long, the limb about half as long as the tube, the lips nearly equal, the upper 
one broad, concave, shortly acuminate, the lower one divided to below the middle 
into 3 narrow lobes. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 320. 
Hab.: Near Mount Pluto, Mitchell. 
2. C. taxifolium (Taxus-leaved), Sm. in Piees' Cycl. ix.; Benth. FI. Austr. 
v. 372. An erect shrub of several ft., with virgate branches, minutely hoary- 
tomentose or glabrous, the inflorescence usually pubescent. Leaves crowded, 
linear or lanceolate, acute, rigid or slightly spreading, contracted at the base, 
mostly \ to fin. long, but in a few specimens nearly lin. and the lower ones 
