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 Rh Euiytpermuin.] THE NATURAL ORDER OFPROTEEiE. « feet high, with a atem 4 inches in diameter. Neither that how- ever, nor any of the others in this country, have ever flowered to my knowledge, from which circumstance 1 suspect tliein to be Fe- males, referring the plant to this genus from its liabit Linne's name of Salignum is peculiarly applicable to it, in every sense. Leaves 2 to 2i lines broad, 1 to l-J- inch long, twisted, somewhat spatulated- lanceolate, sharply macronated with a fine channel to- wards the bottom of the callosity, old ones thinly silky. . E. foliis 1^2 lineas latis, l-l-f polUcem longis, valdc tortis, Valuta foiium; augustelanceolatis, calloclavatomucronatis, aduUis vix iKvibus : masculorum petalis glabris. Volute-leaved Euryspermum. A shrub Sand 4 feet high, discovered by Mr. J. Niten in Hot- tentots Holland. Leaves 1^^ to S tines broad, I to t^- i"c'>lo°g> ex- ceedingly twisted, narrowly lanceolate, mucronated with a club- shaped callosity, old ones scarcely smooth. Petals of Mates glossy. . E. foliis ftj 34-lineas latis, 14- a^ po^'ices longis, densis, pa- Spmifolivm, rum tortis, lineari-lanceolatis, adultis fimbriatis, coriaceis. Crowded-leaved Euryspermum. Introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 180t, from seeds collected by Mr. J. Roxburgh, but none of the plants have yet flowered. Stem short, quite erect with clustered branches. Leaves 2-i to 34- lines broad, 14 to 2-1- inches long, close to one another, somewhat twisted, linear-lanceolate, fringed when old, leathery. . E. foliis 5-8 lineas latis, I-14. pollicem longis, densis, rcc- -DcHiuw ,- tis, spatula to-lanceolatis, adultis fimbriatis, coriaceis : masculorum bracteis dense sericeis. Close Euryspermum. A fine hardy species, discovered probably by Mr. F. Masson,