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PROTEA. 
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FORMOSA. 
Coronet Protea. . 
ORDER LIL. 
~~ TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
~Catyx. Perianthium commune, imbricatum; 
oer {quamis inzqualibus, perfiftentibus. 
Proprium vullum. 
- Corotra tetrapetala. Petala fepe coherentia, 
ius divifa, lineari-oblonga: unguibus 
erectis, limbo patenti. 
Sramrna. Filamenta nulla. Antherz quatuor, 
lineares, vel oblonge, fub apice limbi co- 
rollz inferte. 
Pistittum. Germen fuperum, oblongum. Sty- 
lus filiformis, corolla longior. Stigma fim- 
plex, clavatum. ; 
‘PerrcarPium nullum. Calyx patens, indura- 
_ Semina folitaria, fubrotunda, vel compreffa. 
RecerTacuLuM commune nudum, villofum, 
oS um, vel conus. 
Sis SPECIFIC 
Protea, foliis Janceolatis, pubefcentibus; caule 
*  yillofo; fore aurantio flavo; femine fub- 
rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pifi majoris. 
. Empanement. Cup common, fcaled; fcales 
unequal, and remaining. 
Proper none. F 
Brossom four-leaved. Petals frequently ad- 
hering, oftener divided, of a linear oblong. 
fhape: claws upright, border fpreading. 
Cuaives. Threads none. Tips four, linear, or 
oblong, fixed within the border of the 
bloffom. 
Pointat. Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, longer than the bloffom. 
Summit fimple, and club-fhaped. 
SrED-vEsseL none. Cup fpreading, hard, and 
f{carcely changing. 
Sexps folitary, nearly round, or flat. 
RecerTacte the common, is naked, hairy, 
chaffy, or a cone. 
CHARACTER. 
Protea, with lance-fhape downy leaves; ftem 
hairy; bloffom orange yellow; feed nearly 
round, {mooth, the fize of a large pea. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
ee te. : , 1. The Flower complete, as it ftands on the Receptacle. 
2. The Bloffom expanded, to thew the fituation of the Chives. 
Or all the varied genera of plants which decorate that mine of botanical riches, the Cape of Good 
* Hope, and the adjacent country, no one ftands more confpicuous than Protea. Few travellers who 
te@ion. It is 
have not noticed the fingularity and beauty of their foliage; indeed they are of fuch extreme bril- 
liancy, that no one, however indifferent to botanical refearches, can pafs them unobferved; forefts of 
them being fo numerous, the Protea Argentea, or Silver Tree, produces almoft the only wood ef the 
country; growing to the height of thirty or forty feet. But although the leaves of this numerous 
tn be are moftly beautiful, many of their bloffoms are but trifling, except in the eye of the botanift: 
the Protea Formofa, however, is one amongft many which ftand as powerful exceptions: the grea 
= ee charming plant has induced us to adopt the trivial name it here bears. Tt has been 
to the Royal Gardens at Kew by Mr. F. Maffon, botanical collector to his prefent Majeftys 
| from whofe liberal patronage the feience of Botany has of late been brought into fuch general efti- 
— This fpecies, from the downy charaéter of the whole plant, is apt to damp, if not kept in an 
in winter; though the warmth of a common greenhoufe is quite fufficient for its pro- 
Soe with difficulty propagated by cuttings; and has not hitherto perfected its feeds in this 
Kingdom. Our drawing was made from a plant which flowered in the nurfery of Mefirs. Lee 
= ) seneniy, in the year 1796, about the month of Augutt. 
