Protea four, all published between 1796 and 1806; of the 
second thousand, four again are of Protea (between 1809 
and 1815); of the third thousand, four (between 1823 and 
1827); since which, from 1827 to 1881, or out of 3838 
plates, only one is of a Protea, and that published as late 
as 1881, to be followed in 1889 by the species here figured. 
And what applies to Protea applies to Cape plants in 
general, for I feel sure that a sifting of the figures of the 
species of Hrica, Stapelia, and other South African genera 
published in this work, would give a like result. The 
history of the Australian Proteacee, under a horticultural 
point of view, offers a similar example of a neglected 
branch during late years; but the flourishing epochs of 
these and Proteaceew differ, chiefly because the earliest 
Kew collectors were South African, the later Australian. 
_ Under Plate 6558 (Protea penicillata), 1 have given the 
reasons why Cape Proteacew have fallen out of cultivation, 
and I must refer to the remarks under that species for 
further information on the subject. 
Protea nana is a native of rocky places in the Cape Town 
district. The plant figured was raised from seed sent to 
the Royal Gardens by Professor MacOwan, Director of 
the Cape Town Botanical Gardens. It flowered in a cool 
green-house.—J. D. H. 
: Fig. 1, Tip of leaf; 2, flower; 3, posticous lip of perianth with one anther ; 
- 4, anticous lip with three anthers; 5, vertical section of ovary, showing the 
ovule :—all enlarged, : 
