PLATE DXXXII.
P R O T E A HUMIFLORA.
Low-Lowering Protea.
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CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherse linearesj
petalis infra apices insertae. Calyx
propriusj millus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below tlie
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTBA foliis lanceolatis : ramis plurimis adscendentibus
: fioribus confertis, procumbentibus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei.
PitoTEA with lance-shaped leaves, with many
ascending branches. Flowers crowded together,
and lying on the ground.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete.
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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OF this perfectly new species of Protea we have represented the entire plant, just as we found it growing
in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq., where it has flowered for the first time in this country.
In the flowers it resembles the P. cordata, in its foliage the P. canaliculata, aUied to each and yet removed
from both. The procumbent situation of its crowded blossoms gives a singularity to its appearance,
and altogether it is certainly a very interesting species. It should be planted in a light loamy soil,
and kept in an airy part of the green-house.
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