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APPENDIX. 
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PROTEACEiE — Since the publication of Mr. Brown’s va- 
luable dissertation on this very extensive natural family, in 
which were described all the species known at that period, 
a few important discoveries have been made in Terra Aus- 
tralis, particularly on the North-west Coast, where the order 
seems to be limited to Grevillea, Hakea, and Persoonia. 
In the Herbarium formed during the late voyages, are 
specimens of thirteen species of intertropical Grevillea, in 
various stages of perfection; of these seven are described 
from specimens formerly gathered upon the East Coast, and 
in the Gulf of Carpentaria ; the remaining six are, however, 
perfectly new, and will chiefly augment the last section of 
that genus, having hard (in some instances spherical) woody 
follicles, containing seeds orbicularly surrounded by a mem- 
branous wing, more or less dilated, and a deciduous style ; 
characters that future botanists may deem sufficient to jus- 
tify its separation from Grevillea. The range of this division, 
which has been named by Mr. Brown, Cycloptera, has been 
hitherto limited to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the tropical 
shores of the East Coast. Of the genus Hakea, hitherto almost 
wholly excluded from the tropical parts of Australia, besides 
H. arborescens, the only species formerly observed within 
that circle, the Herbarium furnishes at least two plants, that 
have been recently discovered in about 22° south latitude, 
the one being H. oleifolia of King George’s Sound, whilst 
the other proves an entirely new species, belonging to the 
first section of the genus, having long filiform leaves, and 
ecalcarated capsules. 
Upon the East Coast, in latitude 14°, two shrubs were 
observed, having all the habits of Hakea, of the South-west 
Coast, but being without fructification, their identity could 
not be satisfactorily determined. 
Viewing the general distribution of Banksise, it is a smgu- 
