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��ON THE PROTEACEiE OF JUSSIEU. 121

ed. ii,i?. 194? Berg, Act. Stockh. 1766, p. 325.* Berg. Cap. p. 23.*

Protea racemosa. Thunb. Diss. n. 21*? Prod. 26?

Hab. In African Australis montibus. Roode Zant Kloof, (v. s. in Herb. Banks., Soc. Linn.)

Desc. Frutex erectus, ramosissimus ; ramis virgatis fili- formibus, foliisqne adultis glabris, novellis sericeis. Folia frequentia, modice patentia, pammque incurva, basi atte- nuata, vix uncialia, supra, canaliculata, subtus convexa, callo acuto mucroniformi. Spica terminalis, breviter pedun- [i^e culata, cylindracea, uncialis, sesquiuncialis, densa, subrace- mosa, floribus omnibus imbricatis, ramulo uno alterove sericeo brevi, sgepissime stipata. Bractece omnes pedicellos pariter tomentosos sequantes. Involucrum lacinia media labii majoris angustiore. Calyx breviter denseque barbatus, villis marginalibus, laminae majoris arete inflexis. Stigma cochleariforme, papilla centrali.

  • 5. S. laxa, involucro diphyllo : foliolo latiore trifido,

racemo subpedunculato laxiusculo, bracteis superioribus pedicello brevioribus.

Hab. In African Australis montibus. Kleine-Hoot- Hoek. Gul. Roxburgh, M.I), (v. s. in Herb. Banks., Lambert., Soc. Linn.)

Desc. Frutex erectus, 4 — 6 pedalis, (Niven) ramosus. Rami graciles, virgati, rubicundi, ramuli subsericei. Folia patenti-erecta, leviter incurva, v. rectiuscula, basi attenuata, callo apicis acutiusculo, v. obtusiusculo, uncialia, inferiora glabra, superiora sericea. Racemi breviter pedunculati, solitarii, erecti, sesquiunciales, ramulo brevi quandoque stipati. Bractece tomentosae, pedicellis fructiferis breviores ; inferiores floriferorum subsequantes. Involucra vix longi- tudine pedicellorum, sericea, fructifera labio majore tripar- tite, lacinia intermedia angnstissima. Nux ovata, sub- sessilis, sericea, involucro persistenti duplo longior stylo curvato diu. coronata, basi barbata pilis strictis.

  • 6. S. bracteata, involucro diphyllo: foliolo latiore pro-

fundi trifido, spica pedunculata imbricata, bracteis teretibus

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