PLATE CXLIV. 



PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. 



hong-leaved Protea. 



fatn cono turlinato 



Far. top-shaped cone. 



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CLASS 



IV. 



ORDER 



I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIJ. Four Chives. One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 4-fida feu4-petala. Antherae lineares, 

 inferti3e petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- 

 prins nullus. Semina folitaria. 





Blossom 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, in- 

 ferted into the petals below the point. Cup 

 proper none. Seeds folitary. 



See Protea Formosa, PL XVIL Vol.1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis fublinearibus, anguftis, obllquisj 

 rigidis, longiffimis^ fquarnis interioribus 

 calycls lanceolatis^ ereftisj florum plumis 

 atro purpnreis j conus turbinatus. 



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Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique, 



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harfh and very long; the inner fcales of the 

 . cup are lance- fliaped and upright 5 the 

 plume of flowers are of a dark purple j the 

 cone top -111 aped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



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1. A Bloflbm complete, with the feed-bud attached. 



2. The Petals of the flower fpread open, to fhew the fituation of the Tips, 



3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit. 



This is the third variety of Long-leaved Protea, as mentioned p. 132, and equally fcarce witli the 

 preceding ones/ It was raifed from feed at the fame time with the other two, which were received 

 by MelTrs, Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith, from the superintendant of the Imperial Gardens at 

 Schonbrun. This variety, at prefent, is in no collection, that we know of, in England, but that of 

 G- Hibbert, Efq. where our"drawing was made, in the month of January 1801. The fame unfor- 

 tunate charaSer attaches to this, as to the other varieties, from the great diflficulty of increafing it ; 

 although, it flouriilies in growth, if planted in a light, loamy IbiL 



