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THE NATURAL ORDER OF PROTEĒÆ

Eurynpermum.} THE NATURAL ORDER OF PROTER.-E. Si . E. foliis I7-2 Hneaslatis, I-j-S-f pollices longis, lineari-lance- JEmulum, olatis callo apicis totoconvexo, adultis rare sericcis : femiueoriim petalis loiige exsertis, limbo elliptico. Emulous Euryspermum. Contbunded in our collections with the preceiiing, which it re- sembles in the yeltow tinge of its long leaves, but exceedingly distinct. Mr. J. Roxburgh discovered it in Hottentots Holland. Leaves 14- to 1 lines broad, l-J- to 24^ inches long, somewhat fal- cated, linear-lanceolate with the callosity at their point all con- vex, old ones thinly silky. Petals of Females curling a long way beyond the Bractes, their limb elliptic. . E. foliis 14—2 lineas latis, 14-2 pollices longis, lineaii-spatu- UUglnosum, latis ratio apicis basi intns depresso, adultis rare sericeis : fa^nii- neoruni capitulis conicis, pctalorum limbo obovato. Marsh Euryspemium. This is a taller shrub than either of the two last, discovered by Mr. J. NiVEN, in moist ground near Rovde Xand Cascfrde, lOand IS feet high. He sent its seeds with the nsefid name liere adopted, and by treating the plants as that suggeste<l, they flow- cied abundantly at Clapham. Leaves If to 2 lines broad, If to 2 inches long, somewhat falcated, li near-spa tulated with the inside of the callosity at their point depressed at the base, old ones thinly silky. Heads of Females conical, liuib of their I'etals obovate. . E. caule gracili : foliis 14.-2 lineas latis, 7-12 longis, den- Strkcum, sis, panim tortis, lineari-lanceolatis, adultis sericeis : masculorum petalis ultra antheras barbatis : pericarpio obcuneato, Mas. Protea saligna. Jndr. in Bot. Hep. ti. 572. turn Ic. Pro- tea saligna. Tkunb. Diss. n. 47 — F(em. Protea saligna Amh. in Bot. Rep. n, 572, Ic. in eadein tabulft cum mare — Silky Eury- spermum. .