C 878 ] 



Protea Globosa. Globe-Flowered 

 Protea. 



Clafs and Order, 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



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

 Anther a infertse petalis infra apicem. Sent. i, fuperum nudum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



PROTEA glob of a ; foliis obovato-oblongis concavis apice 

 glandulofis, capitulo terminali feflili globofo, caule 

 fruticofo. 



PROTEA globofa. Bot. Repof 307. 



Forms a Ihrub three or four feet high well clothed with 

 leaves, which are fmooth when old, as are the larger ones 

 which grow about the flower, but thofe on the young (hoots 

 are pubefcent, a circumftance common to many of the genus; 

 is eafily diftinguiflied from every other fpecies, known to us, 

 by its round head of bright yellow flowers. Scales of the 

 calyx oval reflexed at the point, internal ones longed and 

 lance-fhaped. Petals loofely united half-way into a tube. 

 Style hairy at the lower part. Stigma oblique. Pappus very 

 fhort, fcarcely any. 



Belongs to the fixth divifion, containing the fpecies with 

 oblong ovate leaves, and mould be placed next to glabra. U 

 a hardy greenhoufe fhrub, eafily propagated by cuttings. 



Flowers in May. 



Our drawing was taken at the collection of George Hib- 

 bert, Efq. on Clapham-Common. Said to be firft introduced 

 by Meflrs. Lee and Kennedy. 



