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 Rh CAdWK.] THE NATURAL ORDER OF PROTEEjK. their upper side, exceedingly bowed, all linear. Scales of the Cone incurved, wrinkled near their margin. . C. foliis l-^-Sj pollices longifi, omnibus sublineajibus: com Phiifolia. squamis recurvis: pericarpio nigro, suborbieulari. Pine-leaved Chasme. A fine pyramidal shrub, which Mr. J. Niven discovewd by alpine rivulets, near the river Zomier End. It is hardy, but none of the plants in this country have yet flouered. Leaves about two inches long, all nearly linear. Scales of the Cone recurved. Peri- caipium black, almost orbicular. ■ 4. C. rantoram cuticuli mox fissft; foliis linearibus spatulatisque: Uamaiiacea. coni squamis recurvis: pericarpio maculato, obovato. Mas. Protea incurva. Haw. in Bot. Rep. n. 429- cum Ic. exclusi* synonymis. Ramentaceous Cbasnie. This at first sight resembles the preceding species, but its t,eaves are shorter, and more different in shape from each other the saoiie branch, being quite spatulated near the Cone; it may likewise be distinguished at all times, by the cuticle of one year old branches splitting into narrow stripes. Scales of the Cone re- curved. Pericarpium gray with black spots, obovate. It grows wild on the high mountains of Lavge Kloof, especially that called Duyvelsliop, often covered with snow in winter, and where the temperature even in summer, occasionally falls down to 40 degrees of Fahrenheit: it is accordingly far from being tender. Mr. F» Masson broughtoveronespecimeumany years ago, but the plants in our gardens were raised from seeds, gathered by Mr. J. NivtN. Cuttings strike root freely. . C. foliis linearibus spatulatisque, sub cono rctusiusculis: coni Coitiosa. ftquamis ad marginem incrassatis; pericarpio badio, niytiliformi.