PLATE CCLXXVII.
P R O T E A S P E C I O S A.
Far.folüs glal-ris.
Smooth-leaved Shewy Protea,
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 4-fida feu 4-petala. Antherae linearcs,
inferta petalis infra apicem. Calyx
proprius uullus. Seraina folitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, inferred
into t h e petals below t h e point. Cup
proper none. Seeds folitary.
See P R O T L A FORMOSA, P I . X V I I . V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Protea foliis lanceolatis, g l a b r i s ; fquamae calycinas
in t e n ores barbata;, apice incurvatac,
Protea with lance-thaped fmooth leaves; the
inner fcales of the empalcment are bearded,
t u r n e d inward at the point and brown.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e Seed-bud and Pointal.
2. A Flower fpread open, w i t h the tips in their places.
T H I S fine variety of the Shewy Protea might, indeed, almoft pafs for a diflinct fpccies. It was introduced,
to B r i t a i n , in t h e year ¡704, by M r . Williams, Nurferyman, of T u r n h a i u Green. The only
l i v i ng fpecimen in Britain, we believe, of this plant, is at prcfent in the Hammerfmith colleaion. As
yet no i n c r e a t e has been produced from it, e i t h e r by c u t t i n g s , or feeds; for although the plant flowers
every year, and t h e feeds in t h e cone, or r a t h e r flower-cup, feem perfect, they never vegetate. It is a
hardy, and handfome growing Protea, requiring l i t t l e attention, and may be placed in any part of
t h e g r e e n - h o u f e ; grows about three feet high, very buihy, and flowers near t h e month of October.