﻿PLATE DVII. 



P R OTE A ABROTANIFOLIA, 



Southernwood-leaved Protect, 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRAJSDRIA MONOGYNLA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Corolla 4-nda, seu 4-pctala. Antherae K-. I] Blossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips It- 

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



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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Pkotea foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus, glabris : | Protea with doubly-winged leaves, thread- 



aeiiaus : pedun- | shaped, and smooth : flowers terr 



culislongis, bracteis magnis, reflexis: co- | branches in umbels, footstalks 



rollis carneis, externe vUlosis. with large reflexed flora i ]e aves 



flesh-coloured, and hairy on the 01 



Habitat ad Capat Bon* Spei. || Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE 



1. A leaf. 



2. A flower with its bract, one tip n 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summi 



4. A branch of a slight variety. 



This Protea is one of a fine section with smalt divided leaves, that very much resemble the southern- 

 wood (whence our specific title). We have already four drawings of distinct species, besides varieties, 

 whose foliage is likewise characteristic of that shrub. On the same plate we have given part of the 

 branch of a variety that we thinW h,,™ , u , , ■ 3 re ui 



r drawing was made last July from plants in the Hibbertian collectio 



