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Protea Pulchella. Fennel-Leaved 

 Protea. 



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Oafs and Order. 

 Tetrandria Monogynia, 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 4-petala (petalis fubinde vario modo cohaerentibus). 

 Anther <e infer tae petalis infra apicem. Sent, 1, fuperum nudum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



PROTEA -pulchella ; foliis bipinnatis filiformibus : pinnulis 



inaequalibus divaricatis, capitulo fquamofo oblongo 



tejrrninali fimplici vel compofito. 

 PROTEA pulchella j foliis bipinnatis glabris filiformibus, ca- 



pitulis terminalibus clavatis aggregatis aphyllis 



brafteatis. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 507. 

 PROTEA puhhella 2 foliis bipinnatis filiformibus glabris, ftro- 



bilis ovato-oblongis terminalibus verticillatis •. 



fquamis calycinis fericeis apicula reflexa terminals. 



Schrad. Sert. Hannov. 1. p. 15. t. 7. 

 PROTEA rangiferina. Hortulanis. 



Descr, Stem fhrubby, ereQ. Leaves alternate, filiform, 

 twice or three times irregularly pinnate : leaflets unequal, di- 

 varicate when full grown, and not very unaptly refembling the 

 antlers of the rein-deer, whence it has been known by the 

 name of rangiferina among cultivators. Flowers collected into 

 an oblong-ovate cone, terminal *. Bracles obcordate-acuminate, 

 quite entire, imbricate, one to each corolla. Corolla four- 

 petaled : petals equal, adhering half-way in a tube, but fepa- 

 rating fpontaneoufly when they fall off. Anthers oblong, 



* In Schrader's figure at the bafe of the central cone, which is feflile as in 

 our plant, there grow feveral fmaller club-fhaped cones (landing in a whorl 

 fupported on footftalks thickened upwards ; but whether this is natural to the 

 plant when it flowers ftrong, or a fort of monftrofity, we are uncertain. 



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