BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into tlie petals below the
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
PBOTEA wilh straddling leaves, many-cleft, long,
linear, round, and spreading. Plowers grow
in close round heads of a yellow colour.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
J. A flower.
2. A chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
THIS very distinct species of Protea we have not seen in any other collection tlian that of G. Hibbert,
esq. nor is it as yet amongst the numerous fine dried specimens in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert,
esq. and certainly may be considered at present as a rare plant. From the firm luxuriance of the
foliage, and woody character of its stem, we should be inclined to regard it as a plant not diflScult to
preserve ; and considering the abundance of its leaves, the flowers are comparatively few : and very
likely this circumstance may best account for its present scarcity; for, amongst the various beauties of
this extensive tribe, numerous flowers, or speciosity of appearance, are the best recommendations to
particular attention.
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