PLATE LXXVI. 



PROTE 



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Pine-leaved Protea. 



OLI A 



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IV^. 



ORDER 



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TETRANDRJJ MONOGYNIA^ Four Chives. One Pointah 



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ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER 



OLLA 4-fida,fea4-petala. Antheraelineares, 

 infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- 

 prlus null us, Sena, folitaria. 



petal 



Tips 



linear, inferted into the petals below the 

 ends. Cup. Proper^ none. Seeds foUtary. 



See Protea Speciosa. Plate XVIL 



SPECIPiC CHARACTER. 



Protea floribus fimpHdbus, racemofo-fpicatis, 

 glabris; foliis filiformibus, fparfis, gla- 

 brxs. 



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Protea with fimple flowers, growing in branch- 

 ing fplkes, and fraoothj leaves thread- 

 fliaped^ fcattered, and fmooth. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1, A Bloflbm complete. 



2. One Petal of the Bloflbm, (magnified), with its Chive attached. 



3. The Pointal and Seed-bud> (magnified )v 



4, A ripe Seed, 



The Pine-leaved Protea from the Cape of Good Hope, Is rather a delicate plant; and is fabjeft to be 

 killed, if not kept in the driefi, and warmed part of the greenhoufe, being very fufceptible of 

 damps. It makes a very fine appearance when in bloom, growing to the height of two feet or more 



upright, and with few branches; every part of the plant, (which is uncommon in this genus,) is quite 



fmooth and fhining. This fpecies of Protea is an inhabitant of our gardens, fince the year 178O; 

 when it was firft introduced by William Forfyth, Efq. of Kenfington, but has b^n rarely feen to 

 flower, as it is found but in few colleftlons; owing to the difficulty of propagating it, by the only 

 poffible method in this country, cuttings. Tfie foil it approves moft, as do moft of the Proteas, 

 is a light loam. The drawing was taken at tlie Hammerfmith nurfery, from a plant which flowered 

 there in Auguft tliis year. 



