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LAMBERTIA, formosa. 
Red-flowered Lambertia. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PROTER, Jussieu gen. 78. Div, I. 
PROTEACER. © Brown in trans. linn. soc. 10. 15 
Div. HI, Fructus dehiscens, Subdiv. A. UNILOCULARIS. Ovayid, 
Ovarium 
dispermum. ructus quanddque monospermus. Anthere exsertz, apicibus 
corolla revolutis. Glandule hypogyne 4, distincte, v, 
connate. nvolu- 
crum coloratum, deciduum, uni-multiflorum, receptaculo plano. Semina 
marginata. Stigma subulatum. Br es. ae i 
LABERTIA., Cor. tubulosa, 4-fida; laciniis spiralitér revolutis, stami- 
~niferis.” Folliculus coriaceo-ligneus. Znvolucrum 1-7-florum. Recept. epa- 
leatum, Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1.211. , 
Frutices pulcherrimt, ramis verticillatis. Folia terna, sepius integerrima, 
Involucra terminalia, solitaria, colorata, in plerisque 7I-flora, rar} 1-flora. 
Folliculi subcuneati, apice hinc cuspidati inde bicornes, v. mutici, quanddque 
echinati. Brown prod. 1. 386. 
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L. formosa, involucris ‘7-floris : foliolis interioriobus corollam azquantibus 
stylis piles folliculis hine cuspidatis; indé bicornibus, foliis lineari 
Janceolatis cuspidato-mucronatis margine revolutis. Brown in linn. trans. 
10. 188. . 
Lambertia formosa. Smith in linn. trans. 4, 228, t. 20. Andrews’s reposit. 
69. Cavan. ic. 6, 32. t. 547. Brown prod. 1. 387. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
1.211. Persoon syn. 1. 116. * 
Protea nectarina. Wendl. sert. hannov. 4. 5. t. 21, 
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An australian genus, originally proposed by Sir. James 
Smith from the present species, to which Mr. Brown has: 
added three others, discovered by himself. 
Formosa, the onl I 
was introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of the Ham- 
mersmith nursery, in 1788. It is cultivated in the green- 
house, where it flowers from June to August. saa 
The masterly drawing has been liberally communicated 
for the use of this work by Mr. Lambert, for whom it was 
done by Mr. Ferdinand Bauer. 
_ The following is the version of Mr. Brown’s description 
of the genus. pe eS 
Involucres coloured, ‘terminal, solitary, 1-7-flowered. 
(generally 7- seldom 1-flowered), deciduous. Corolla tubu- 
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