﻿PLATE DXXXII. 

 PROTEA HUMIFLORA. 



Low-flowering Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

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

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



proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. 1 1 points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis lanceolatis : ramis plurimis ad- |[ Protea with lance-shaped leaves, with many 



sccndentibus : floribus confertis, procum- ascending branches. Flowers crowded to- 



bentibus. gether, and lying on the ground. 



Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. II Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATI 

 1. A flower complete. 

 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnifi 



Of this perfectly new species of Protea we have represented the entire plant, just as we found it grow- 

 ing in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq., where it has flowered for the first time in this country. 

 In the flowers it resembles the P. cordata, in its foliage the P. canaliculata, allied to each and yet re- 

 moved from both. The procumbent situation of its crowded blossoms gives a singularity to its appear- 

 ance, and altogether it is certainly a very interesting species. It snould be planted in a light loamy soil, 

 and kept in an airy part of the green-house. 



