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PLATE DLXXVIL
P R O T E A VIRGATA.
Twiggy Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
COROLLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherae lineares,
petalis infra ápices insertas. Calyx
proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear,
inserted into tlie petals below the
points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitar)'.
PROTEA foliis linearibus acutis, supra concavis,
subtus convexis : floribus confertisj procumbentibus..
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
PROTEA with linear pointed leaves, concave
above, and convex beneath. Flowers crowded,
and lying on the ground.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower complete, summit magnified.
THE application of specific titles to this wide-spreading family of plants is now become an arduous
task ; and considering how many of the best are already occupied, an exclusive reference cannot be expected.
This species of Protea is altogether new, but bears a powerful resemblance in the flowers to
the P. humiflora : but the distinct character of its foliage gives to the tout ensemble a perfect air of
novelty ; nor is there any figure or description of it extant, that we know of,
Oui drawing was made from a fine plant at tlie nursery of ISIr, Knight in the King's Road, Chelsea,
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