﻿PLATE DXII. 



P R OT EA PINNATA. 



Winged-leaved Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETR4NDRU MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Polntal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Corolla 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherae li- || Blossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- 

 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. 

 Protea pinnata: floribus glomeratis, capitatis, J Protea with winged leaves: flowers grow in 

 terminalibus: corollis rubris, pilosis. round terminal heads: blossoms red and 



hairy. 

 Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. \\ Native of ^ Cape of Good Hope# 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



2. A blossom with on 



3. Seed-bud and poin 



flowers the P. glomerata, in its foliage the P. argent iflora, 



bo, altogether . very different from either. Like most of the genus, i, is dow in growth, and ren 

 We Jn I ' H , " draWing WM nBae * «■» Hibb «» ia " - lb «'» «he summer before 



nil mo t n'rlh, "^ IT "* "" ""^ its «— , bnt being later in the autumn than 

 r aoT iZ, " Pre T ,he "' eSPami0n - WC are M ^ <° «■** tbh species is rather ten- 

 ;.',, ' .',. ,."' V V' lnHuvon ' ire& ™ly, requires great care and attention to preserve: a cir- 

 nio. , ely prevents their being in that request which their beauty and versatility 



