P R O T E A U M B E L L A T A.
Umbcllaied Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MO NOG YNIA. Four Chives. One Pointai
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C O R O L L A 4-fida f e u4- p e t a l a . A f i t h em lineares, | BL O S S OM 4 d e f t or 4- p e t a l s . Tips lir.ear, infert
infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx prop
r i u s nullus. Semina folltaria.
ed into i h e petals below the point. Cup
proper none. Seeds folitary.
See P R O T E A FORMOSA, PI. X V I I . Vol. I.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Protea folii, l l n e a r i - f p a t h u l a t i s , g l a b r i s capita- , Protea w i t h l i a e a r l y - f p . t h t . l a t e leave, to*M,
1 , Z l libusf b r a d W . ll.in.lisi Mori- head, of flower, ternonate ,!,e b r a n c h ed
, . ' floral leaves many c l e l t ; flowers yellow,
bus luteis.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE P L A T E.
1. One of t h e floral leaves or fcales of .tbe general empalement, magni:
2. A flower, magnified.
3 One of t h e heads of flowers, diverted of t h e fcales, or floral leave,.
i. T h e Pointai a n d feed-bud, of one of t h e floret,, magmfied.
T H E Protea umbellata has been cultivated in England fince the year 1 7 7 7 , at which time it was firfi
r a i t ed from feeds; received from the Cape of Good H o p e by MeiTrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith,
at whofe nnrfery our figure was t a k e n in the month of Auguft 1800. It is a very hardy plant, and
not at all fubjeÉt to the very common fate of its c o n g e n e r s ; that is, to d a m p i n the leaves, or rot at
t h e root in w i n t e r ; is propagated by c u t t i n g s , t o b e made i n t h e m o n t h o f April or May, a n d treated as
directed for t h e o t h e r Proteas, T h e plant feldom grows h i g h e r t h a n three feet, and does not m a ke
many b r a n c h e s ; but is of a lively g r e e n colour, both leaves a n d item. We have, as ufual, adopted the
name this plant is g e n e r a l l y known by, it having been fo named by the younger Linuseus in his Suppl.
Plant. 1 1 8 , a n d by T h u n b e r g in his D i l l e r t a t i o de Protea, n. 34, and his Prodromus 2 6 . But why
or how a final!, clofe head of flowers may be denominated an umbel wc mufi confefs our ignorance
in this application of terms.