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Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu. 53


Hab. In Africa Australi, ad radices lateraque montium, prope Prom. B. Spei. (v. s. in Herb. Banks. &c.)
Obs. Squamulae quatuor hypogynae, longae, angusto-lineares, in floribus niasculis observavi : femineos nondum vidi.


2. L. plumosum, fruticosum, foliis lineari-lanceolatis muticis glabris subsericeisve: basi attenuata torta, involucris calycibusque masculis glabris; femineis persistentibus plumosis quadrifidis, nucibus cuneato-oblongis villosis.
Masc. Protea parviflora. Linn. Mant. 95.* Syst. Veg. ed, xiii. p. 119. Thunb. Diss. n. 40.* tab. 4. bona. Prod. 27. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 524. Lam. Illust. Gen. l. p. 235. n. 1220. Poiret. Encyc. Botan. 5. p. 643.
Fem. Protea obliqua. Thunb. Diss. n. 39.* Prod. 27. Linn. Suppl. 117.* fide descriptionis, nullum enim specimen in herbario, monente Cel. Smith. Willd. Sp. Pl 1. p. 524.
Protea plumosa. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 127.
Hab. In Africa Australi, prope Pransche Hoek et alibi haud infrequens. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)
Obs. Squamulae nullae hypogynae in mare: femina ad anthesin haud observata.


3. L. retusum, fruticosum, foliis oblongo-spathulatis glabris: basi attenuatis; callo apicis subretuso, ramis tomentosis, involucris pubescentibus, calycibus masculis glabris, femineis plumosis quadripartitis, nucibus glabris obovato-orbiculatis.
Hab. In Africae Australis montibus prope Prom. B. Spei; Picket-Berg, (v. s. in Herb. Soc. Linn.)
Obs. Strobilus cum Nucibus et Calyce ad basin tabulae 199. Boerh. Lugd. Bat. vel ad hanc vel ad sequentem speciem pertinere videntur.


*4. L. spa-