﻿PLATE DXXVI. 

 PROTEA CESPITOSA. 



Turfy Pro tea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

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

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



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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protba foliis rigidis, lanceolatis, pilosis, un- 

 dulatis, glabris, patentibus, apice adscen- 

 dente, supra convexis, infra concavis : ca- 

 pitulo globoso, terminali: corollis ferru- 

 gineis: squamis pilosis, interne laete ru- 

 bris. Caulis humilis. 



Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 



Protea with rigid, lance-shaped, hairy leaves, 

 waved, smooth, and spreading, with an 

 ascending point, convex above, and con- 

 cave beneath : head of flowers globular, 

 and terminal. Blossoms of a rusty colour. 

 Scales hairy, and of a bright red on the in- 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A flower complete. 



2. Seed-bud and pointal. 



This new dwarf Protea is named from its sod- or turf-like appearance. Although of low and humble 

 growth, it is by no means deficient in attraction. The inner side of the imbricating scales is of a fine 

 red, which is a great addition to its beauty whilst expanded : but in our plant this was of short duration, 

 occasioned by the pressure of the leaves from the rapid growth of the surrounding side shoots. 

 Our figure was made from the Hibbertian collection. 



