Protta.] THE NATURAL ORDER OP PROTEEjE. 29 The kiduey-shaped Pericarpium distinguishes thrs from every species known to me. It was found by Mr. J. Niven, in Bandy elevated ground near Jackall Flyberg. Stem about 5 feet high, smooth. Leaves 3 to 5 lines broad, spatulated, ending in a short point which is itself obtuse, smooth-
- Pericarpium harbatum.
g. P. ramispurpureis; foliis 1-2 lineaslatis, 6-10 Iongis,spatu!ato- Cimrta, lanceolatis, obtusis, sericeo-tomentosis ; pcricarpiorare barbato. Mas. p. alba. Tkunb. Diss. n. 32 FtEW. P. cinerea. Soland. in Alt. Hort. Kew. -c. .p. 127— Gray Protea. Introduced at Kew in 1774, from seeds collected by Mr. F. * Masson. It ii a tall slender species, growing wild in low moist ground, near Paarl^ Branches after losing their pubescence pur- ple. Leaves 1 to 3 lines broad, 6 to 10 long, spatulated-lanceolate, obtuse, silk-cottony. Pericarpium thinly bearded. , P. foliis 1-It lineamlatis, l-lrpollicem longis, densis, tor- FalcifoUa, tis, falcatis, anguste spatulatis, obtusis, adultia vixlazvibus: mas- culorum capitulis pedunculati^, globosis. Scythe-leaved Protea. A shrub from 3 to 5 feet high, disco'ered near Simottsberg, by Mr. J. Niven. Leaves 1 to 14. line broad, 1 to J4- inch long, Lgray, close to one another, twisted, falcated especially in females^ LBarrowly spatulated, obtuse, finely silky when young and hardly [-•■niooth when old. Male flowers smelling like Purple Clover, their heads on Peduncles often half an inch long. Cone broadly ovai, its scales silk-cottony. . P. foliis I lineara latis, 6-10 longis, pariim tortis, anguste Longicuidis, L tpatulatis, retusiusculis, adultis Ixvibus : masculorum capitulis IvTix pcdunculatis, ovalibus.
