﻿PLATE DXVII. 

 PROTEA IMBRICATA. 



Imbricated-leaved Protect. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 Coaotx* 4-fid,, sea 4-peta,, Anther, U- 11 Blossom fonr-deft, «**«***{ 

 near, inserted into the ,- * - 

 proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. '» points. Cup proper, none. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 , lanceolatis, nervosis, || Pkoxb. with imbricated leaves, irf 

 nerved, and hairy: flowers terrmnal, * 

 crowded heads, and hairy. 



HaWtat IdCapot Bon* Spei. jj Native of the Cape of Good Hope 



Thunb. Diss. 45. t. 5. /. 2. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A leaf magnified. 



2. An umbel of flowers. 



3. A chive magnified. 



4. Seed-bud and pointal. 



pe species is described and figured by Thunberg in his Dissertation on the genu* 

 tender plant, and flowers at first very sparingly ; which is the case witli 



w „_. climax they 

 more prolific. We have seen native specimens of this species 



familiarized 



abundant in flowers t 



Our figure was made from a plant in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esc 

 ains unrivalled the greatest number of new and beautiful species of Protea. 



