PLATE CCCI. 
PROTEA GRANDIFLORA. Var. foliis undulatis. 
Large-flowered Protea, — Waved-leaved Var. 
CERSS We ORDERS 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Corouua 4-fida, feu 4-petala. Anthere line- 
ares, infertz petalis infra apicem. Calyx 
proprius nullus. Semina folitaria. 
Buossom 4-cleft, or 4 petals. Tips linear, in- 
ferted into the petals below the end. Cup 
proper, none. Seeds folitary. 
See Protea rormosa, Pl, XVII. Vol. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Protea foliis lanceolatis glaberrimis, utrinque 
acuminatis, marginibus fubcallofis, param 
undulatis; fquamz calycine lanceolate 
ereGtz, interiores pilis longiffimis nigris 
criftitata, 
| Protea with lance-fhaped leaves, fmooth, ta- 
pered to both ends, rather thickened at the 
edges, and a little waved; the fcales of the 
empalement are lance-fhaped and upright, 
the inner ones crefted, with very long black 
hairs. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A Flower complete, as it ftands on the receptacle of the common cup. 
2. The fame, with one of the petals detached; to thew the fituation of the 
chives near the ends. 
3. The Pointal, complete, 
we eee 
Tue round tafts of long hair which terminate the inner {cales of the cup, in this. Protea, and its va- 
rieties, conftitute its principal, diftinguifhing fpecific charaéter from P. fpeciofa; whofe feales are — 
= a at bo fammits, and to which our prefent plant is neareft allied. It is, without doubt, one of 
3 the e handfor ef of this fing ane of plants; not only in the beauty of the bloffom, but for its general 
Pas three fe et high, very bufhy, and producing its flowers at the age of 
three or four j years. Tee increafed. by cuttings only, as are moft of the fpecies of this extenfive ge 
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is ie none of them perfeing their feeds in this climate, or producing roots by laying the branches- 
was made from a plant in the Hibbertian colleétion, to which it was introduced in 
1800, Caos ——— of Good ee the tah Se 1802. 
