The florets of the prefent fpecies correfpond extremely well 

 with the character of the genus Leucadendron in the fixth 

 edition of the Genera PI. of LiNx.tus, but not with that of 

 Protea, as given in the Hart. Kew. and Gmel. ed. Linn. Syji. 

 Nat. to which it is now united ; the corolla being molt evi- 

 dently compofed of two (not four) petals, the larger! of thefe is 

 trifid at top, each fegment of it, as well as the fummit of the 

 fmaller petal, terminates in a twifted kind of plume, not pecu- 

 liar to this fpecies ; of the antheras, which are long, linear, and 

 form a kind of cylinder, three are attached to the largeft 

 petal, the fourth (which appears to be lefs perfect than the 

 others) to the fmaller petal ; the germen is enveloped with 

 numerous orange-coloured hairs, having the glofs of the richeft 

 fattin ; the antherse terminate in fmall appendages of a brown 

 colour. 



This magnificent fhrub, a principal ornament of the Cape- 

 Houfe at Kew, is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, from 

 whence it was introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1774 (Ait. Kew.); 

 k flowers chiefly in the Spring, and often during the Summer ; 

 is propagated principally by layers. 



Our drawing was made from a plant raifed from Cape feeds, 

 which flowered this feafon, among a number of others equally 

 curious, in the collection of Mr. Barr, Nurferyman and 

 Florift, near Ball's-Turnpike, Kingfland. 



