C 933 ] 



Protea Mucronifolia. Dagger-Leaved 



Protea. 



Oafs and Order, 

 Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharaEIer. 



Cor. 4-fida five 4-petala. Anther* lineares, infertse petalis 

 mfra apicem. Cal. proprius o. Nux. l-fperma, fupera. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



PROTEA mucronifolia; foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis 

 epun£tatis planiufculis, brafteis involucri angufte 

 cuneatis integerrimis. Saltjb. in Farad, Land. 

 No. 2 4. 



In the delicate velvety white involucrum, with which the 

 head of flowers is furrounded, together with the ftrong con- 

 trail of the red anthers upon the feather-tipped fnowy petals, 

 confifts the chief beauty of this fpecies : of which we do not 

 find any account previous to that of Mr. Salisbury in the 

 Paradifus Londinenfis. 



This author has very properly remarked the near affinity 

 that exifts between this and Protea rqfacea y his acuifolia. 



Our drawing was made in O&ober laft from a fine plant in 

 Mr. Hibbert's collection at Clapham. It is a native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; requires the protection of a greenhoufe, 

 and a treatment firailar to the reft of the genus. 



