P R O T E A L A G O P U S.
Woolly-leaved Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETHANDItlA MO NOG YNI A. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL. GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 4-fida feu 4-pe.tala. A n t h e n e lineares,
inferta: petalis infra apiccm. Calyx prop
r i u s n u l l u s . Semina folitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft or 4-petalled. Tips linear, inferted
into t h e petals below the point. Proper
Cup none. Seeds folitary.
See PROTEA I'OKMOSA, PI. X V I I . Vol. I,
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Protea foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus) capitulis il Protea with doubly winged leaves, threadfpicatis,
aggregatis, auadrifloris; corollis í ihaped; fmall heads grow in fpikes clofe
i n t u s p u r p u r é i s . together, four flowers in each; blofibms
" purple within.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. T h e fcales of t h e cup of one of the fmall heads.
2 . A fmall head of flowers, one of t h e flowers open, the reft not yet expanded.
3 . A floret, with the petals expanded.
4. A petal, with its chive, magnified.
5. A P o i n t a l , natural fize, w i t h t h e fummit detached and magnified.
T H I S handfome Protea we owe to Mr. R. W i l l i a m s , of T u r n h a m - g r e e n , nurferyman, who raifed it by
feeds received from the Cape of Good Hope in t h e year 1 7 9 7 - It *s 0 l l e of the haiidfomeit we yet
poflefs of t h e winged-leaved k i n d of Proteas; of which divifion, in this l a r g e family, there are n ow in
t h e H i b b e r t i a n collection eighteen diiiinci fpecies. This plant grows t o t h e height of t h r e e feet, makes a
very b u i l iy head, and, w h e n in flower, has a handfome appearance; as t h e r e are fometimes twenty fpikes
of flowers on it at one time. It is propagated by c u t t i n g s , thrives in fandy loam, a n d flowers in J u n e ;
in w h i c h m o n t h this year, 1 8 0 2 , o u r d r a w i n g was made at Clapham.