﻿PLATE DXXXVI. 

 PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA, minor. 



Small Southernwood-leaved Protea.. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 

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

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



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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis tri-furcatis, filiformibus, acutis: 11 Protea with leaves three-forked, thread- 



floribus parvis, raraos terminantibus in urn- shaped, and pointed. Flowers small, and 



bellis confertis. terminate the branches in crowded umbels. 



Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 1 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



Throughout this small divided-leaved section of the genus Protea there is a similarity of a F 

 in the foliage, that makes the specific differences appear less distinct than they really are. Tl 

 flowered species is a compact bushy little shrub, about fourteen inches high, and nearly the 

 width, requiring a light sandy loam, free access of air, and a little attention to preserve it i 

 partial humidity of the atmosphere. 



