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 Rh Protta.'] THE NATURAL ORDER OF PROTEE^ to 14- line broad, 8 to 12 long, twisted, incurved-spreading, nar- rowly spatulated, obtuse, smooth when old, thick. Petals of males smooth. . P. foliis 1 lineam latis, 3-4 longis, rectis, late spatulatis, Spatulcefotia. obtusis, adultis vix Ixvibus : masculoruin petalis ultra antheras Ixvibus. Mas. p. Levisanus. Tkunb. Diss. n. 43. P. Levisanus. Linn, Mant. p. 194. Leucadendron Levisanus. jSerg-. PI. Cap. p. SO. Brunia foliis, &c. Burnt. Pi. Afr. p. 267. t. 100. y. 'i. Conocar- pndendr 'n foliis, Sec. Boerh. Hort. LugJb. 2, p. 202. cum Ic. Levisanus Capensis Serpylli folio. Pet. Gas.. 9- t. 5. f. 7 F(em. Brunia Levisauus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 289. P. fusca. Linn. Sp. PI. ed.^.p 989. P- fiisca. Li»n.Sp.Pl. .p.95 Spatula-leaved Protea. One of the commonest shrubs, in moist parts of the sandy plains" nearCfl^Je Town, and readily increased by cuttings aa well as seeds, which ripen here abumlantly. Stem about 2 feet high. Leave* 1 line broad, 2 to 3 long, not twisted, broadly spatulated, obtuse, hardly smooth when old: . P. foliis 1-14- lineam latis, 2-3 longis, rectis, ovalibus, obtu- T/ivmifolia, sis, adultis l^vibus : masculorum stigmate auguste clavato. Thyme-leaved Protea. A rare species, discovered by Mr. J. Niven, and I fear now lost in our gardens, the only plant I ever saw, being in a sickly state, when I came to Clapham. Leaves 1 to I| line broad, 2 to 3 long, not twisted, oval, obtuse, old ones smooth. Stigma of males narrowly club-shaped. . P. foliis 4—1 lineam latis, 24—4 longis, rectis, cuneatis, obtu- Gmdiafitlia sis, adultis, licvibus : masculorum stigmate late clavato : pericarpio acuminato. Gnidia- leaved Protea.