P R O T E A PULCHELLA.
JVaved-leaved Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRA NDR IJ 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 - f i d a feu 4-petala. Antliei-ae lineares, || BLO SSOM 4-cleft or four petalled. Tips linear.
nferta: petalis infra apicem. Calyx prop
r i u s nullus. Semina folitaria.
inferted into the petals below the point.
Cup proper, none. Seeds folitary.
S P E C I F I C
Protea foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, rubro marg
i n a i i s , pilofis; fquamis calycis tricolor
a t i s j capitulo erecto, terminali.
C H A R A C T E R .
Protea with lance-tbaped leaves, waved, margined
with red and h a i r y ; fcales of the cup
three-coloured; flower head upright, and
terminal.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1 . A Floret complete with t h e feed-bud.
2. T h e four Petals of t h e fame, with the Tips fhewn at their ends.
3 . Pointal and Seed-bud.
T H I S Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, m e r i t s t h e attention of thole w h o with to beautify their
collections, w i t h diftinguiflicd Objects; as, it flowers the t h i r d year from t h e feed, and is equally h a n d -
fome with Protea mellifera. The cone for two months before it opens is extremely beautiful, and it
is in flower nearly one more; and this, at a time when the plant has, fcarcely, attained a foot in
h e i g h t . It is n o t inclined t o b r a n c h till it lias flowered, but from the lower part of the cone the
branches begin to extend. The leaves from their hairinefs have a whitifh appearance, are finely
edged w i t h a light pink, and are flightly waved. It is propagated by cuttings, thould be planted in
l i g h t fandy loam, and flowers in September. Our drawing was made from a p l a n t in the Hibbertian
collection; to which it was introduced by Mr. Nivcn, in t h e year 1 7 9 0 , amoogft the firft feeds which
were fent, by him, from the Cape.