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 40 ON THE PROTEACEiE OF JUSSIEU.

Leucadendron cancellatum. Linn. Sp. Pl.ed. \,p. 9L ; ed. 2, p. 134 ; omiss. in Mant. et Syst. Veg. ed. xiii.

Protea bracteata. Thunh. Diss. n. 24,* tab. 1. Prod. 26. Linn. Suppl. 118. tfW. $?. PL l,p. 517. Zaw. iZferf. Gen. \,p. 238, ». 1245. Poiret, Encyc. Botan. 5, /?. 652.

Hab. In Africa? Australis montibus ; prope Platte- kloof, Hottentots-Holland, et alibi, (v. s. in Herb, plar.)

Obs. Pollen globosum.

2. A. umbellata, foliis planis spatbulato-linearibus.

Masc. Protea aulacea. Thunh. Diss. n. 33,* tab. 2, bona. Prod. 26. mild. Sp. PL I, p. 520. Lam. Illust. Gen. 1, p. 237, n. 1243. Poiret. Encyc. Botan. b,p. 651.

Fem. Protea umbellata. Thunh. Diss. n. 34.* Prod. 26. Linn. Suppl. 118. Willd. Sp. PL I, p. 520. Lam. Illust Gen. 1, p. 237, ». 1242. And. Bepos. 248. iWe/, Encyc. Botan. b,p. 650.

Hab. In Africa? Australis montibus, prope Prom. B. Spei; Taffelberg, Platte-kloof, &c. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)

Obs. Pollen subglobosum, obtusissime trigonum.

��2. LEUCADENDRON.

Herm. Plak. Linn, in Class. Plant. Conocarpodendra, t. 195, 197, 200, 202, 203, 204. Boerh. Protea. Linn. Gen. PL ed. 2, 5, 6. Conocarpos. Adans. Famill. Protea, Euryspermum, Chasme. Salisb. Parad. Lo?id.

Char. Gen. Flores dioici, organis imperfectis ; capitati.

Eem. Stigma obliquum, clavatum, emarginatum, his- 5i] pidulum. Nux v. Samara monosperma, squamis (quan- doque cohaerentibus) strobili inclusa.

Habitus. Erutices, rarb Arbores, scepe sericeo-tomentosi. Folia inteyerrima. Capitula terminalia, solitaria ; bracteis imbricatis foliisve verticillatis et subcoloratis plerumaue cincta.

Obs. The separation of sexes in the genus Protea of authors, obscurely suspected by Linnaeus himself in his Protea parvi/lora, and afterwards more expressly by La-

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