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| 46 | Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu. |
by that of Sir Joseph Banks, has, with his accustomed liberality, submitted it without reserve to my examination.
Mr. Hibbert
, who for many years possessed the most extensive collection of living Proteas that has ever been formed, and who also received from his intelligent collector Mr. Niven a valuable Herbarium of native specimens, most obligingly permitted me to examine these, and even to dissect such as were new. For the like privilege I am indebted to the friendship of Mr. Aiton of Kew, who sent me his whole collection, peculiarly valuable as containing many of the original specimens of Mr. Masson: and lastly, I have to acknowledge the great assistance I have derived from the extensive collection presented to this Society by my friend Dr. Roxburgh, who during his short residence at the Cape appears to have paid particular attention to this tribe of plants, and who, besides the many new species discovered by him, has given a greater value to his Herbarium by numerous observations on the sexes, the size, and places of growth, which I have every where inserted on his authority.
PROTEACEÆ.
diagnosis.
Calyx tetraphyllus v. quadrifidus, æstivatione valvatâ.
Corolla nulla.
Stamina quatuor, (altero nunc sterili,) laciniis calycis opposita.
Ovarium unicum, liberum. Stylus simplex.
Stigma subindivisum.
Semen (pericarpii varii) exalbuminosum.
Embryo dicotyledoneus, (rarò polycotyledoneus,) rectus. Radicula infera.
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