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PROTEA villifera. 
Long-haired Protea. 
TETRANDRIA MQNOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Proteace;e. 
PROTEA. SuprA, vol. 1 .fol. 20. 
P. villifera; foliU obovato-oblongis basi attenuate capitulo oblong) brevi- 
oribus ramisque villosis, involucri foliolis extenonbus glabns: intenonbus 
lineari-oblongis apice albo-barbatis. , 
Rami pilis longis laxis vestiti. Folia obovato-oblongabasi “t*™**’ 
obtusa, marginata, glauca, pilis longis distantibus villosa. C a P ltul ^ ~' 
gum, foliis longius, foliolis involucri extenonbus ovatis glabns, mtenoribus 
lineari-oblongis, roseis, apice albo-barbatis. 
Of this plant we know nothing except from the accom¬ 
panying figure, which has been lying in our por 
several years. Its affinity to P. speciosa is o \ious , 
we do not find any notice taken by authors of the Ion 
hairs which are remarkable in the species e or * 
as the smoothness of the former plant is cvi en y 
trasted by Mr. Brown with the hairiness of some others 
we conclude that we are right m considering this as 
distinct, and previously unnoticed. 
Undoubtedly a native of the neighbourh^ of the 
Cape of Good Hope, to which country the genus is confined, 
with one remarkable exception. 
Branches covered with long, weak hairs. Leaves : ob- 
ovate-oblong, tapering to the base, obtuse, °fi ’lonoer 
cous, covered with long, weak hairs. ea o te 
than the leaves; the outer leaflets of t e ini bearded 
smooth, the inner linear-oblong, rose-colou e , 
with white at the end. I ^ 
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