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P R O T E A SPECIOSA, lat^lia.
Broad-leaved Jliewy Protea.
C L A S S IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHAEACTEE,
CoKOLtA 4-fida, feu 4pétala. Antheroe lineares,
iiilertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx proprius,
nullus. Semina folitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or of 4 petals. Tips linear, inferted
into the petals below the ends. Cup,
proper, none. Seeds folitary.
S e e PKOTEA FOKMOSA, PI. X V I I . ^ o l . I.
S P E C I F I C CHAEACTEE.
Protea foliis lanceolato-ovatisj fquamse calycina;
interiores barbatae, apice incurvati^, incarna
tae.
Protea with leaves between oval and lancefliaped;
the inner fcales of the empalement
are bearded, tnrned inward at the ends, and
flefh-coloured.
E E F E E E N C E TO THE PLATE.
I. A Bloflbm complete, as it flands in the Empalement
a. The fame opened, to lliew the fituation of the Chives.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal.
S n f i n Z fh pj - t -as made at the nnrfen^ of MeiTrs. Grimwood and Wykes
Kenfington, this year, early m the month of Auguil; as we were informed by Mr Wykes it then
m flower for the hrft time in England. In the year 1786 it was fent in feed! ; . ^ 't was then
Kew, by Mr. F. Maflbn, from the Cape of Good Hope - w h l r c e r t a i l > K a7
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