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 Rh Eiiiy^rmttm.] THE NATURAL ORDER OF PROTPEgiE. 19 S. £. foliis 1-14- lineatn latis, 1-14- poUicem longis, angustissime ^Stherenm, spatulatis: mascutorum capitulis grandibus, conicis: petalis aptce angustis. Ethereal Euryspermum. From the very sammits of the mountaiiiH in Hottentots Holland, where it was discovered by Mr. J. NiVEy. Branches clustered. Leaves I to l^- line broail, 1 to l^- inch long, very narrowly flpa- tulatcd. Male heads of flowers very large, 6 to 8 lines long, co- nical. Petals narrow at the top. . E ramis decumbentibus : foliis l^-S lineas latis, 1-14- polli- H«mi/u««m, cem longis, spatulato-lanceolatis : hractels tomentosis: petalis in- fcrne rare sericeis. Mas. Conocarpodendron folio, &c. Boerh. Hort. Lugdb. 2. p. £03. cum Ic. Trailing Euryspermum. A dwarf shrub, common at the foot of Tafelberg, flowering here in April and May. Branches very weak, especially in Males. Leaves l-J- to 2 lines broad, 1 to 14- inch long, spatulated-lanceo- late. firactes cottony. Petals bearded with a few silky hairs towards the bottom. . E. ramis frondosis : foliis I4-2| lineas latis, 14. 2 poUices long- Frondosum, is, spatulato-lanceolatis : bracteis sericeis : petalis inferne dense se- ricei.s. Mas. Proteapallens. Limi. Mant.p. 193 — F(EM.Proteaconifera. Linn. Mant. p. 193. Conocarpodendron folio, kc. Boerh. Hort. Lugdb. 2. p. 200. cum Ic — Clustered Euryspermum. From Linne's descriptions above quoted, I suspect this, ra- ther than the preceding, to be the species he had before him. It grows plentifully also among the rocks near Cape Town, and has an erect stem, with branches more clustered than in many resembling it Leaves 14 to 54- lines broad, 14- to 3 inches long, spatulated-lanceolate. Bractes silky. Petals very silky below but smooth above the Bractes.