except some villosity at the margins, yellowish, tipped with 

 red. Pappus at the base of the germen reddish brown, 

 chaffy and bristly. Claw of the distinct petal filiform, twisted : 

 limb ovate acute, unarmed : anther a little shorter than the 

 limb. Style subulate, incurved : stigma acute, retained a 

 long time together with the anther in the embrace of the 

 petals. 



The colour of most of the Proteas, both in the leaves and 

 flowers, is more or less tinged with red according as they are 

 more or less exposed to sun and air. 



This fine specimen of Protea acaulis was communicated 

 by Messrs. Barr & Brookes, from their extensive nursery 

 at Newington-Green, near the end of May in 1818. 



