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PROTEA neriifolia. 
Oleander-leaved Protea. 
TETRANDRIA J/ONOGYNLA. 
Nat. ord. Prove®. Jussieu gen. 78. Div. I. Semen nudum aut fruce 
tus monospermus. 
ProreAce®. Brown in trans. linn. soc. 10. 15, seqq. 
Div. I. Fructus clausus. A. ANTHER® DISTINCT#®: 4 corolla liberex. 
Flores hermaphroditi, rard polygami dioici, stigmate tunc verticali. Anthere 
apicibus concavis coroll immerse. Germ. 1-spermum. Nuz subcrustacea 
v. Samara. Squamule v. glandule 4 hypogyne. Cor. irregularis, labiata, 
laciniis 3 (rar6 omnibus) coherentibus. Brown. 
PROTEA. Cor. bipartibilis, inaequalis, labii latioris laminis stamini- 
feris cohzrentibus. Stylus subulatus. Stig. angustius, cylindraceum. 
Nux undique barbata, stylo persistenti caudata. Recept. commune, paleis 
abbreviatis persistentibus. Jnvolucr. imbricatum, persistens. Frutices modo 
proceriores et quandoque arborescentes, modd subacaules. Fol. integerrima. 
apitula terminalia, rariiisve lateralia: receptaculo planiusculo, nunc con- 
vero, sepissimé glabro, paleis quanddque connatis alveolato: invol. magno, 
colorato, turbinato v. hemispherico: corolle labio latiore sepé 2-3-aristata. 
Brown in trans. linn. soc. 10. 74. 
P. neriifolia, foliis lineari-lingulatis levibus opacis margine subsimplicibus 
basi exttis ramisque tomentosis, involucri bracteis interioribus apice 
parim latioribus dorso argenteo-sericeo margine nigro-barbato, calycis 
guises laminas superantibus intus pennatis, stylo pubescenti. Brown. 
-c. 81. 
Cardui generis elegantissimi cujusdam caput. Clus. exot. 38. fig. 15. 
Frutex tripedalis v. magis, robustus, superné acxillis foliorum ramosus ; 
caulis ramique tomentost. Fol. sessilia, ligulato-oblonga acumine brevi obtusi- 
usculo, quadriuncialia ultraque cum latitudine 4 partium uncie, basi nervo 
medio a supino tomentosa, juniora -utrinque per totum nervum, ceterum 
villosiuscula. Capitula oblongo-turbinata subtriuncialia ; involucrum inferné 
squarrosum, bracteis exterioribus margine fusco-sphacelatis, interioribus line- 
ari-spathulatis lamina erecta, extis obsoleté subrubentibus. Corolle labium 
latius biaristatum, plum aristarum superné subflavescente, inferné purpuras- 
cente; labium angustius untaristatum extisque plumosum. Anth. fusce, 
lineares. Stylus strictus, compressus, ochroleucus: stigma aciculare, pur- 
pureum. 
Excepting one species, found in Abyssinia by Mr. Bruce, 
the whole genus Prorga, as far as it is now known, belongs 
to the Cape of Good Hope and the adjoining regions. Clu- 
sius, indeed, says, that the specimen described and figured 
by him, and cited by Mr. Brown to the present species, was, 
according to the account of the sailors, brought from Ma- 
dagascar. The whole natural order, with a few exceptions, 
