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PROTEA pulchella. 

 Waved-leaved Protect. 



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TETRANDRIA MOXOGYXL1. . ' ' 



PROTEA. Cor. bipnrtibilis, in&qaalisj labii latioria laminis stami- 



Jliferil coha*rentibus. A nth. apicibus concavis corolhc inmiersie. S(/ua- 

 mala 4 hypogyna*. derm. 1-spennum. Stylus snbulatus. Stig. an- 

 gustiiis, cvlinchaceum. Nux undique barbata, stylo persistenti caiulata. 

 Recept. commune, paleis abbreviatis persistentibus. Juio/ucr. hnbii- 

 catum, persistans^ 



\ Frutices rnoad proceriores et quandoque arborcscentes, modo suha- 



cau/es. Folia integerrima, Capitula tetminalia 9 rariilsve lateralis: 



Receptaculo planiwculo, nunc convexo, sapissime glabra, patch quan- 

 doque conn at is alveatato: Jnvohicro magna \ cotoruto, turbinato v. 



hemisph&rico : Corolla? labia latiore sccpt <l-o-aristato. Crown in trans. 

 linn. soc. 10. 74. 



P. pulchella j folhs liueari-lingulatis margiuatis nitentibus scabriusculis, 

 ramis puriun tomentosis, involucri bracteis interioribus a pice lauceolato- 

 dilatato sericeo marginibus nigra barbatis, corollas aristis vix longitudtlM 

 laminarum, stylo pubesccnti. Brown, loc. cit. 81. Hurt. Ken. cd. 



2. 1. 189- 

 Protea pulchella, Andrezcss reposit. 270. Folia opaca margine ciiiata. 

 Protea speciosa. / ar. Jul. glubris. Andrews's reposit. '277- Folia 



margins concolori. 



Protea pulchella. Var. speciosa. Andrews's reposit. 442. ligura 



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bractearum interiorum riiversa, aristis corolla* lamina longiorihu.s. 



Caulis mollissime villosus. Folia coriacea, rigidiuscufa 9 numerosa, ncc 

 conjerta, sparsa 9 patentia, elongato-oblo?iga 9 3-4 uncias longa, ah 1 tertia 

 parte ad 2 tertias uncias lata 9 vcnosa 9 laxius subundulata v. potius subjh'xuosa, 

 atomoideo-scabrata 9 ciiiata v. ncc 9 modo a supino versus basin vil/osa, cccterum 

 nuda 9 utrinque parum attenuata 9 acumine brcvi. Capitulum erection, soh- 

 tarium, turt)inato-cyathoides 9 folia excedens : invol. incarnato-rubens, extus 

 sericeum ; bracteae inter, elongato-spathulatce 9 intus glabratcr, barba dens!i 

 effiisd prolixiori nigra in summd margine. Corollae 3-uncialcs, extus mol- 

 lissime hirsutce 9 biaristafce f Stig. subulato-attenuatum 9 apicuU calloso. 



This pretty shrub was found by Dr. Roxburgh, on the 

 mountains in a district of the Cape of Good Hope, called 

 Stellenboch. Not having had the opportunity of examin- 

 ing the plants, we have followed Mr. Crown in enumerat- 

 ing the above synonyms as of varieties of the same species. 

 The involucre, which surrounds the numerous corollas of 



the inflorescence, constitutes the beauty of the plant. In 

 our specimen some few of the upper leaves had a pink 



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