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PLATE DXXVI.
P R 0 T E A CESPITOSA.
Turfy Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherse lineares,
petalis infra apices insert®. Calyx
proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
SPECIFIC
PROTEA foliis rigidis, lanceolatis, pilosis, undulatis,
glabris, patentibus, apice adscendente,
supra convexis, infra concavis : capitulo
globoso, terminali : corollis ferrugineis
: squamis pilosis, interne Isete rubl'is.
Caulis humilis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below the
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
CHARACTER.
PROTEA. with rigid, lance-shaped, hairy leaves,
waved, smooth, and spreading, with an
ascending point, convex above, and concave
beneath : head of flowers globular,
and terminal. Blossoms of a rusty colour.
Scales hairy, and of a bright red on the inside.
Stem low.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope,
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. Seed-bud and pointal.
THIS new dwarf Protea is named from its sod- or turf-like appearance. Although of low and humble
growth, it is by no means deficient in attraction. The inner side of the imbricating scales is of a fine
red, which is a great addition to its beauty whilst expanded: but in our plant this was of short duration,
occasioned by the pressure of the leaves from the rapid growth of the surrounding side shoots.
Our figure was made from the Hibbertian collection.
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