﻿PLATE V. 

 PRO TEA MUCRONIFOLIA. 



Mucronate-leaved Protect. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



is, albis : floribus \ 



iolla 4-fida, seu 4-petaIa. Antherae li- II Blossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips It- 

 neares, petatts infra apices insertae. Calyx near/ inserted into the petals below the 



proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. || points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea with lance-shaped, mucronate leaves of 

 a glaucous green : the involucrum tiled, 

 small at the base, wedge-shaped, and 

 greenish : those on the upper part are lance- 

 shaped, spreading, pointed, and white : 

 flowers are terminal and headed, flesh- 

 coloured, with the petals adhering together. 



THE PLATE. 



ngst the smaller species of this extensive genus the Protea mucronifolia may be placed, but by 

 is ranked among the least in beauty. It has been figured in the Paradisus Londinensis, and ; 

 ^ Botanical Magazine, and therefore in the botanical world may be no longer considered as new 



but having already figured so many of the most beautiful, we cannot think of excluding 

 ;tive or distinct species of this fine tribe of plants, 

 ur figure was taken from a plant in the garden of G. Hibbert, esq. 



