P L A T E CCCCXXXVII.
PROTEA CANALICULATA.
Channdled-leaved Trotea.
C L A S S IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4 pétala. Antherse lineares,
petalis infra apicem insertae. Calyx
proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below the ends. Cup
proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTEA, foliis canaliculatis, incurvatis, rigidis,
linearibus, acutis : floribus purpureiS;, terniinallbus:
caule rubro.
PnoTEA, with channelled leaves, incurved, harsh,
linear, and sharp-pointed: flowers purple,
and terminating the branches : stem red.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the scales of the empalement.
2. The chives magnified.
3 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
THIS fine Protea is of recent introduction, within the last four or five years, from the Cape of Good
Hope to the gardens of G. Hibbert, Esq. From the particular strong channel on the back of its leaves
•we have adopted its specific title, and have no doubt that a feature so visible in every stage of the
plant will always discriminate it. The leaves are enlivened by such brilliant red stalks, as, in addition to
its flower, render it an attractive object; nor is it so difficult to preser\ e as many of them are ; for the
greatest of care is requisite to preserve numbers of this fine tribe from the damps of lliis island^ an enemy
they are so liUle accustomed to in their native clime.