C L A S S IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
COROLLA. 4-fida feu 4 - p e t a l a . Antheras lineares,
infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx prop
r i u s n u l l u s . Semlna folitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4 - p e t a l l e d . Tips linear, inferred
i n t o t h e p e t a l s below t h e p o i n t . Proper
c u p none. Seeds folitary.
See P R O T E A FORMOSA, P l a t e X V I I , V o l . 1.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Protea folds b i p i n n a t i s , fubfiliformibus, pinnuke
c a n a l i c u l a t f e . a p i c e g l a n d u l o f a s ; capUulafpicata,
quadrirlora.
Protea w i t h twice-divided leaves nearly threadfliaped,
fmall divifions channelled and gland
u l a r at t h e e n d ; fmall heads in fpikes and
four-flowered.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1 . T h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2 . O n e of the fmall heads of flowers, not yet expanded.
3 . T h e fame, with t h e flowers open.
4 . A flower taken from the general cup, w i t h o n e of t h e petals d e t a c h e d , magnified.
5. T h e Pointal, the S u m m i t detached, magnified.
F R O M a p l a n t n o w in flower, May 1802, in t h e H i b b e r t i a n collection, o u r figure was t a k e n . It is one
of thofe defcribed by T h u n b e r g in his Differtatio de Protea, n. 1 1 , a n d in his Prodromus 25, under
t h e t i t l e we h a v e g i v e n i t ; and w h i c h is, c e r t a i n l y , very a p p r o p r i a t e ; although m a n y have t h e flowers
g r o w i n g in fpikes. We believe this is t h e firft time it has flowered in Britain, and t h a t , at prefent,
i t is very f c a r c e ; h a v i n g b e e n i n t r o d u c e d by Meflrs. Lee a n d K e n n e d y in the year if go. It is a h a r dy
greenhoufe p l a n t , is inoreafed by c u t t i n g s , and thrives in a f a n d y l o am w i t h a fmall p o r t i o n of fandy
peat e a r t h . Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
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P R O T E A S P I C A T A .
Spike-flowe? ed Protea.