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AULAX umbellata; mas. 
Umbelled Aulax ; the male. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. PRoveacen. 
AULAX.—Bergus. R. Br. Flores, dioici, organis imperfectis. Mase. 
Flores racemosi; calyx tetraphyllus foliolis medio staminiferis. Fem. Stigma 
obliquum clayatum, hispidum, emarginatum. Nu exserta, ventricosa, 
-barbata, squamis capituli subulatis. ——Frutices glaberrimi. Folia inte- 
gerrima. lores terminales, unibracteati. Masculi in racemis aggregatis 
nudis. Feminei im capitulo solitario, cincto feliolis intis auctis appendiculo 
aceroso-multifido, capitulo quast abortivo racemis exterioribus maris analogo, 
(interdum florifero jide Cel. Salisburii.) Brown in Linn. trans. 10. 49. 
A. umbellata ; foliis planis spatulato-linearibus. Brown 1. c. 
Masc. Protea aulacea. Thunb. aliorumque. 
Rami versiis fastigium presertim ramulosi, teretes, leviter angulati, 
glabri, Folia linearia, spatulata, subfalcata, glabra, superioribus longiori- 
bus. Racemi terminales, virgis novellis inferioribus exsuperati, erecti, ovati, 
spiceformes. Flores pallide flavi, leviter odorati, glabri, pedicellati. Brac- 
tee subulate, canaliculate, pedicellis longiores. Perianthium' glabrum, 
tetraphyllum, basi coherens, foliolis linearibus suberectis, patentibusve, deci- 
duis. Stamina medio foliolorum inserta. Anthere lineares, glabra, complete. 
Glandule hypogyne nulle. Ovarium minimum, subrotundum, pubescens. 
Stylus rigidus. Stigma fusiforme. 
For this we are obliged to J. H. Slater, Esq., of Newick 
Park, by whom it was raised from seeds received a few 
years ago from the Cape of Good Hope. The plant is now 
between two and three feet high, forming an upright shrub, 
with two erect stems, about the thickness of a quill. 
Our drawing was made from specimens kindly furnished 
by Mr. Slater, in July last. The flowers exhale a slight 
honey-like odour. 
The female of this species is figured under the name of 
Protea umbellata in the Botanist’s Repository, tab. 248. 
