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P L A T E DXII.
P R O T . E A PINNATA.
Winged-leaved Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Polntal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherae lineares,
petalis infra apices insert®. Calyx
propriuSj nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft^ or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into the petals below the
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PFLOTEA pinnata : floribns glomeratis, capitatis,
tenninalibus : corollis rubris, pilosis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei.
PKOTEA with winged leaves : flowers grow in
round terminal heads: blossoms red and
hairy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The flower prop.
2. A blossom with one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
1'HIS new species of Protea resembles in its flowers the P. glomerata, in its foliage the P. argentiflora,
but altogether is very different from either. Lilie most of the genus, it is slow in growth, and remains
a long time in perfection. Our drawing was made at the Hibbertian collection the summer before last.
We also observed it again last year, very near unfolding its flowers j but being later in the autumn than
usual, most probably prevented their expansion, We are inclined to think this species is rather tender,
and, like too many of this extensive family, requires great care and attention to preserve : a circumstance
that most likely pre\'ents their being in that request which their beauty and versatility
would otherwise command.
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