PLATE CCCCLUIL. 
PROTEA REPENS 
Creeping Protea. 
CLASS IV. ‘ORDER I. 
TET. RANDRLIA MONOGYNLA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Corotra 4-fida, seu 4-petala, Anthere li- Brossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- 
neares, petalis infra apices inserte. Calyx near, inserted into the petals below the ee 
proprius, nullus. Sem. solitaria, points. Cup proper, none, Seeds solitary. = 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Prorea with a creeping stem, and leaves nearly _ 
surrounding it, which are heart-shaped; 
waved, bent back at the end, sharp-pointed, 
Protea repens, foliis sub-amplexicaulibus, cor- 
datis, undulatis, apice reflexis, acutis, mar- 
ginibus rubris : floribus sub basin: interius 
squamarum calycis lzete carneum, exterius 
fusco-purpureum, villosum. the base of the plant: the inside of the’ 
scales of the empalement are of a bright 
flesh colour, and the outside of a purply 
brown, and hairy, . 
i aetimemmmemenccs. =... eee 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The blossom complete, and one of the chives _— 
_ 2 Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, 
Tue appearance of f this Protea, as cultivated i in = a 1 to its natural chia- 
racter, which, as its specific indicat ae ehaead is Gaead ot © ih he oi mnches of the 
: ent, that, as soon as the branches are liberated, they Sstene tak st aral wv 
Gee Tee te e the direction most-na ‘ 
_ them, and which is certainly the most sre Althou ugh senha the moré general title of this 
i given 
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plant whos € foliage is so nearly resembling the one now figured, that, when it arrives at ; 
eto be no mor i F en It isa dificult matter to 
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Plant in fine bloom in the month of Fe 
and red at the edges: flowers grow towards So s 
