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Ord. Nat. Proteaceæ.

Syst. Linn. Tetrandria Monogynia.

Perianthium hypocrateriforme: limbo quadripartito deciduo, æstivatione induplicata: tubo persistenti. Antheræ inclusæ, perianthio accretæ. Squamæ 4, perigynæ, in vaginam 4-fidam connatæ. Ovarium monospermum. Caryopsis fusiformis pedicellata, apice dilatato papposo.

Tab. 6.

Franklandia fucifolia, ''Linn. soc. transact. 10, p.'' 157. ''Prdr. fl. nov. holl.'' 370.

In moist heaths near the shores of King George's Sound, on the South west coast of New Holland, found in flower and with ripe seed in December, 1801.

DESC. Frutex erectus ramosus 2-3 pedes altus glaber, glandulis pustuliformibus aurantiacis undique conspersus. Rami teretes striati, epidermide tenui cinerea. Folia alterna triuncialia filiformia, basi per spatium semunciale indivisa, dein dichotoma, laciniarum apicibus fastigiatis, ultimæ dichotomiæ ramulo altera bifido altera simplici. Spicæ axillares solitariæ simplicissimæ raræ pedunculatæ erectæ, foliis parum longiores: pedicellis alternis basi unibracteatis: bractea ovata obtusa concava sesquilincam longa, post lapsum peranthii fructiferi persistenti. Perianthium luteum fere biunciale, extus conspersum pustulis rufescentibus: Ungues in tubum cylindraceam cohærentes, extra medium pappo caryopsidis expandenti solubiles et decidui; inferne arctius connati indurati persistentes: Laminæ tubo breviores, æquales lanceolatæ, disco plano, marginibus adscendentibus parura undulatis vividiusque coloratis, sub æstivatione induplicatis. Stamina 4, inclusa, antherarum apicibus faucem semiclaudentibus: Filamenta medio tubo perianthii quasi inserta, laciniis opposita et iiadem longrtudinaliter arcte cohærentia: Antheræ lineares dimidio superiore filamenti in mucronulum ultro producti adnatæ, loculis appositis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus: Pollen flavum subglobosum obsoletissimè trigonum læve. Vaginula dimidio inferiore tubi perianthii arctissime adnata, ita ut quasi ad eandem altitudinem ac filamenta inserta, supernè soluta quadridentata, demum increscenti caryopsidi quadrifida, laciniis subulato-linearibus cum staminibus alternantibus. Ovarium teretiusculum, monospermum: dimidio inferiore barbato pilis strictis copiosis, tenuiore et in pedicellum sensim angustato: superiore fusiformi glabro striato: apice coronatum Pappo sessili capillari e pilis strictis acutis formato, ipsum ovarium aliquoties superante. Stylus filiformis erectus altitudine staminum lanatus apice glabro. Stigma turbinatum indivisum