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P L A T E DXLV.
P R O T E A ABROTANIFOLIA, odorata.
Sweet-scented Southernwood-leaved Protea.
GLASS IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-pétala. Autherae lineares,
petalis infra ápices inserta;. Calyx
proprius, uullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below die
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTEA foliis multifidis, filiformibus, acutis,
pilosis : floribus in capitulis terminalibus,
lucidis, odoratis.
Habitat in Caput Bonse Spei.
PiiOTEA with many-cleft leaves, tliread-shaped,
pointed, and hairy : flowers grow in terminal
heads, shining, and sweet-scented.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower, one tip magnified.
2. Seed-bud and pointal.
T H I S species of Protea well deserves a place in any collection, as, in addition to its light and graceful
appearance, it is possessed of a most agreeable fragrance. There is a variation of it with white flowers,
but exactly the same in every other particular. It remains a considerable time in bloom, but not
many umbels of flowers are expanded at the same time. We have seen it in several collections. It is a
Cape species, and appears to be of easy culture.
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