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54 Mr. Brown, on the Proteaceae of Jussieu.


*4. L. spathulatum fruticosum, foliis oblongo-spathulatis: basi attenuatis; callo apicis acutiusculo recurvo ramisque glabris, calycis feminei tardius decidui laminis nudis, nucibus glabris latioribus quam longis demum muticis.
Hab. In Africae Australis planitiis elevatioribus arenosis. prope Promont. B. Spei. (v. s. in Herb. Hibbert.)
Obs. In Mare ? squamulas quatuor longissimas hypogynas observavi.


*5. L. sessile, fruticosum, foliis lanceolato-oblongis glabris : basi obtusa.
Hab. In Africa Australi prope Promont. B. Spei. D. Masson. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.)
Obs. Squamulae hypogynae longissimae, persistentes.


†† Nux ventricosa v. lenticularis aptera, undique marginibusve pilosa. Stylus lotus deciduus, basive solum remanenti. Calyx dia persistens quadripartitus.


*6. L. angustatum, foliis lineari-pathulatis (passim angustatis) obtusis muticis concaviusculis ramisque glabris, strobili squamis conniventibus nucibusque pubescentibus subglobosis muticis, calycibus plumosis.
Hab. In Africa, Australi, prope Promont. B. Spei. D. Masson. (in Herb. D. Aiton. vidi.)
Desc. Frutex, ramis strictis, divisis. Folia sparsa, frequentia, erecta, 8–9 lineas longa, obtusissima, ad apicem (vix callosum) sesquilineam lata, in eodem ramo passim dimidio angustiora. Strobilus subglobosus, magnitudine globuli scloppi minoris: Squamis ovatis exterioribus latioribus. Nux magnitudine seminis Viciae, levissime compressa undique pube brevi induta, cincta calyce ad basin quadripartite vix longiore.


*7. L. im-