P R O T E A G L O M E R A T A.
Woolly-headed Protea.
CLASS IY. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 4-fida fea 4-petala, Anthera; line- II BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inares,
infertai petalis infra apicem. Calyx. ferted into the petals below the point. Cup
proprius nullus. Semina folitaria. proper, none. Seeds folitary.
i< See PKOTEA FORMOSA, Vol. I . P I . X V I I .
S P E C I F I C
Protea foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus; pedúnculo
communí elongato, nudo, pedicellis capit
u l i s l o n g i o r i b u s ; coroilis extus lanatis.
C H A R A C T E R .
Protea with doubly winged leaves, threadfhaped;
common foot-ftalk lengtliened,
naked, partial foot-ftalks longer than the
heads of flowers; blofloms woolly without.
R E F E R E N C E T O T H E P L A T E.
1. A Floret, natural fize.
2. T h e Blolfom, magnified.
3 . T h e Pointal, natural fize, with t h e fummit detached, magnified.
4. A Cone, after the flowers have all fallen off.
I N the year 17&Q, this fpecies of Protea was firft raifed from feeds; received at the Hammerfmith
nurfery from V i e n n a ; they having been collected for the Emperor's gardens a t Schoubrun, and from
t h e n c e tranfmitted to Mefi'rs. Lee and Kennedy. Many plants have fince been raifed, in different
c o l l e a i o n s ; and OUT p r e f e n t figure was made, from a fine fpeclmen, in the H i b b c r t i a n collection. It
is rather delicate when young, b u t not eafily deftroycd when grown to a foot in height. It will attain
t o five or fix feet, and makes a very pretty appearance, when in full flower. It may be propagated
by cuttings, but w i t h difficulty, and muft be planted in light yellow loam.