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PLATE CCCCXXXVII. 
PROTEA CANALICULATA, 
Channelled-leaved Protea. 
CLASS IV. ORDER I. 
LTETRANDRIA MONOGYNLA. Four Chives. One Pointal, 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Conorta 4-fida, seu 4 petala. Antherz line- Bossom fourecleft, or four petals. Tips linear, 
ares, petalis infra apicem inserte. Calyx inserted into the petals below the ends, Cup: 
proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria. proper, none, Seeds solitary, 
Sas SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
ROTEA, foliis canaliculatis, ineurvatis, rigidis, Protea, with channelled leaves, incurved, harsh, 
linearibus, acutis ; floribus purpureis, ter- linear, and sharp-pointed : flowers purple, 
‘minalibus : caule rubro, eS and terminating the branches : stem red. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1, One of the scales of the empalement. 
2. The chives magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, 
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<< they are so little accustomed to in their native clime, 
