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Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu

2. A. cuneata, foliis cuneatis sericeis apice dentato-crenato.

Adenanthos cuneata. Labillard. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 28.* tab. 36.

Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ oræ australi; Lewins Land: prope littora. (ubi v. v.)


3. A. sericea, foliis filiformibus biternatis sericeis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, stylo glabro.

Adenanthos sericea. Labillard. Nov. Holl. 1. p. 29.* tab. 38.

Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ orâ australi; Lewins Land: in arenosis prope littora. (ubi v. v.)


4. A. terminalis, foliis filiformibus trifidis: laciniis lateralibus bifidis intermediâ indivisâ, floribus terminalibus solitariis ternisve, stylo villoso.

Hab. In Novæ Hollandiæ orâ australi. Flinders' Land: in depressis prope littora. (ubi v. v.)


13. SIMSIA.

Char. Gen. Calyx tetraphyllus, regularis, laminis reflexis. Stamina exserta. Antheræ tandem liberæ, primò cohærentes, lobis proximis vicinarum loculum constituentibus. Stigma dilatatum, concavum. Nux obconica.

Habitus. Frutices humiles, glabri. Folia alterna, filiformia, dichotoma, petioli basi dilatatâ. Capitula globosa, parva, terminalia, racemosa, v. paniculata, involucro brevi v. nulla. Flosculi flavi, glabri, unibracteati.

I have named this genus in honour of Dr. John Sims the respectable editor of the Botanical Magazine.


*1. S. tenuifolia, capitulis nudis, paniculæ ramis subunifloris bracteolatis.

Hab.