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LEUCADENDRON tortum. 
Twisted Leucadendron. 
<P : 
DIGCIA ZETRANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. PROTEACES. 
LEUCADENDRON. Supra vol. 5. fol. 402. 
Div. HI. Nux ventricosa, v. lenticularis aptera, undique marginibusque pi- 
Josa. Stylus totus deciduus, basive solum remanente. Calyx diu per- 
sistens 4-partitus. . 
L, tortum, foliis spatulato-linearibus obtusis basi tortis: adultis glabris; ju- 
nioribus ramulisque subsericeis, capitulis masculis pedunculatis, calycis 
laminis sericeis, nucibus undique comosis muticis. Br. in Linn. trans. 
10. 56. 
Protea torta. Thunb. diss. n. 312 prodr. 262 Willd. sp. pl. 1. 519? (Br.) 
Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 5.375. Link enum. ber. 1. 114. 
Protea cinerea. Willd. sp. 1. 521. Q sec. descr. excl. syn. (Br.) 
Protea densa. Willd. enum. suppl. 7. fide Link. 
The drawing of this plant was taken from fine speci- 
mens, communicated from the Bristol Nursery by Mr. 
Miller. It is an elegant species, easily preserved in a light 
peaty soil, and propagated by cuttings. 
Like the rest of its Natural Order, it is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, where it is found in low places near 
the town. 
Our figure has been compared with the specimens in Mr. 
Brown’s Herbarium, and found to accord. From Leuca- 
dendron Levisanus, to which it is nearly related, it may be 
distinguished by its leaves being longer and narrower, and 
having a slight twist at their base. 
We had not an opportunity of seeing specimens; but 
we suppose the plant represented to be of the male or 
barren-flowered kind. 
AG Ub 
