﻿PLATE DXXII. 

 PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA HIRTA. 



Hairy Southernwood-leaved Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One PointaL 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

 CoROtLA 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antherae li- n Blossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips B» 

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



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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis bipinnatis, filiforrnibus, pilosis: 



floribus rarnos terminantibus in umbellis 



confertis: pedunculis brevissimis : bracteis 



corollis pallide carneis. Stigmata 



nigra. 

 Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 



Protea with doubly- winged leaves, thread- 

 shaped, and hairy. Flowers terminate the 

 branches in crowded umbels. Footstalks 

 very short. Floral leaves upright. Blos- 

 soms of a pale flesh-colour. Summit of the 

 pointal black. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A flower-prop. 



2. The chives spread open. 



3. A chive magnified. 



4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnifi< 



Tim hairy-leaved Protea resembles the P. abrotanifolia, PI. 507, but is upon examination very distinct. 

 e flowers are of a pale rose colour, but have a lively appearance from the contrasted blackness of 

 * sugma It ,s a round bushy plant, flowering early in the autumn, requiring the same treatments 

 the generally of those species with small divided leaves. 



Our figure was made from a plant in the Hibbertian collection. 



