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P R O T E A G R A N D I F L O R A . varjoinsunduUHs.
Large-flowered Protea. waved-uaved var.
C L A S S IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTEK.
COKOLIA 4.fida, feu 4-petala. Antherae lineares,
Infertae petalls Infra apicem. Calyx
proprius nullus. Semina folitaria.
BLOSSOM 4-cleft, or 4 petals. Tips linear, inferted
into the petals below the end. Cup
proper, none. Seeds folitary.
See PKOT E A FOKMOSA, PI. XVII. Vol. I.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea follis lanceolatis glaberrirais, utrinque
acuminatis, raarginibus fubcallofis, parum
undulatisj fquamae calycins lanceolate
ereaae, interiores pills longiffimis nigris
criftitatae.
Protea with lance-ihaped leaves, fmooth, tapered
to both ends, rather thickened at the
edges, and a Uttle waved; the fcales of the
empalement are lanceHiaped and upright,
the inner ones crefted, with very long black
hairs.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
I A Flower complete, as it ftands on the receptacle of the common cup
2. The fame, with one of the petals detached, to fliew the fituation of the
chives near the ends.
3. The Pointal, complete.
THE round tufts of long hair which terminate the inner fcales of the cup, m his Protea and its VAI
d e coniSte its principal, diftinguiihing fpecific charader from P. fpeciofa ; whofe fcales ar
W e d aHhe L m i t ^ and to which our prefent plant is neareft allied. It is, without doubt, one o
t i n o^oTTllifine tribe of plants^ not only in the beauty the hloffom, bu^^^^^^^ ¡ts genera
.1800, by Mr. Niven, from the Cape of Good Hope, m the month of May, 1802.