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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Polntal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherae lineares,
petalis infra ápices insertas. Calyx
propriusj nuUus. Seinina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below the
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PKOTEA foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus, glabris :
floribus terminalibus, umbellatis : pedunculis
longis, bracteis magnis, reflexis : corollis
carneis, externe villosis.
Habitat ad Capot Bonae Spei.
PKOTEA with doubly-winged leaves, threadshaped,
and smooth : flowers terminate the
branches in umbels: footstalks are long,
with large reflexed floral leaves: blossom
flesh-coloured, and hairy on the outer side.
Native of tlie Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf.
2. A flower with its bract, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A branch of a slight variety.
T H I S Protea is one of a fine section with small divided leaves, that very much resemble the southernwood
(whence our specific title). We have already four drawings of distinct species, besides varieties,
whose foliage is liliewise characteristic of that shrub. On the same plate we have given part of tlie
branch of a variety that we thinli bears too much resemblance to require a separate figure.
Our drawing was made last July from plants in the Hibbertian collection.