1 86 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. i66. Protea. 
decumhiHs. 
fiondet. 
Cfanoidet. 
^atula. 
pu'cbella. 
J^hteroce- 
phala. 
firraria. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA: i Jlyle. 
166. PROTEA. Carol 4-clefc or 4-petalled: 
thera linear, inferied beneath the tip of the * 
proper calyx o: nut i-feeded, lliperior.^ 
A. Leaves pinnate, filiform. 
Leaves trificl, filiform : Item deeiimbent. 
The Cape, Thunb. Prat, a I. f. i.y, 3. jj 
5 /m filiform, angular, red, with about 4 alternate branch*^®. v 
the top ; fimvtrs in heads, fize of a large pea ; common 
imbricate, with ovate acute fcales ; corol lilky. 
Leaves trifid, filiform: item eredt: heads foHtary, 
palTed with bradles; 
The Cape, n^nb. Prot. ti. 2, t. \ .f. i 
6'/m round, purple; leaves glandular at the tip, the lower-'^,,. 
pinnate, upper-ones trifid : heads terminal, peduncled : 
imbricate ; the fcales lanceolate, with long yellowifli fd**^ 
Leaves trifid-pinnate, filiform: flem ere6t : heads foliW^^’ 
naked. 
The Cape. Cyanus eethiopkus. Fluk. mant. t. 
Stem round, glabrous: branches Ibmewhac whorled : head^'^^j^f 
at the end of Item and branches, fize of a nut: common 
imbricate, with lanceolate fcales, the upper-ones fringe‘^''^* 
white. 
Leaves trlfid-pinnate, filiform: Hem ere£l; heads aggreg®* 
The Cape. ^hunb. prodr. 25, difi. n. 4. , 4 
Stem glabrous, with unequal fpreading branches : heads tern''? j, 
fize of a pea : common calyx with ovate pointed glabrous f-* 
Leaves doubly pinnate, glabrous, filiform : heads terin'*’^ ’ 
clavate, aggregate, Icaflefs, bradled. 
New Holland. Sekrad. Serf. Hannov. X.fajc. 2. /. 7. , j, 
Heads clavate, aggregate, in whorls at the ends of the branc*’^ 
Leaves doubly pinnate, filiform: peduncles fiiorter thn'| j 
heads : fcales of the calyx ovate, villotis at the ; 
The Cape. Thunb. prodr. 25. ds£. «. j. ' 
Stem round, flexuous, dark purple, leafy above ; leaves j 1 
glabrous: heads at the top of the Hem, aggregate, ! 
nut : fcales of the ealyx reddilh : coral filveiy, with long 
Leaves doubly pinnate, filiform, hairy : peduncles 
than the heads ; fcales of the calyx ovatc-lanceo*** 
hairy. , 
The Cape. Burm. Afr. t. (jij.f, l. Pluk, mant. i. t. 329./, 
Stem flexuous, ereft, purple, glabrous, with alternate brsnc'’ 
heads terminal, falligiate, fize of a pea : calyx with 
idles : leaves fomeiimci glabrous, 
