PLATE CCLXX. 
PEOTEA PULCHELLA. 
Waved-leaved Protea. 
CLASS IV. ORDER I. 
TETRANBRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corolla 4-fida feu 4.petala. Antherae lineares, j| Blo ssom 4-cleft or four petalled. Tipslinw, 
infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- inferted into the petals below the point, 
prius nullus. Semina folitaria. H Cup proper, none. Seeds fohtarj'. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Protea with lance-fliaped leaves, waved, mar¬ 
gined with red and hairy; fcales of cup 
three-coloured; flower head upnght, and 
terminal. 
Protea foliis lanceolatis, undulatis, rubro mar- 
ginatis, pilofis; fquamis calycis tricolo- 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A Floret complete with the feed-bud. 
2. The four Petals of the fame, with the Tips Ihewn at their ends. 
3. Pointal and Seed-bud. 
* . .|u »Q beautify tbot 
This Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, merits the attention of thofe w o w hand- 
collcdions, with diftinguifhed objects; as, it flowers the third year from the feed, an J jt 
- ■ - — - . . r- ..-•Aj/footin 
js, fcarcely, attained a loot 
rith Protea mellifera, 
is in flower nearly one more; and this, at a time when the plant _ 
height. It is not inclined to branch till it has flowered, but from Uie lower 
branches begin to extend. The leaves from’ their hairinefs have a whiti ap^^^ ^ planted in 
edged with a light pink, and are (lightly waved. It is propagated by cuttings, m ^ ^jj^bertian 
light fandy loam, and flowers in September. Our drawing was made from a 
colleaion; to which it was introduced by Mr. Niven, in the year 1 799 , a^ongfl the nr 
were fent, by him, from the Cape. 
