es PLATE CCCCLXI, 
PROTEA TERETIFOLIA. 
Cylindric-leaved Protea. 
CHASS TV. “ORTAR I. - 
-TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 
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peat 
, _ Conowra 4-fida, seu 4-petala, Antherx li- 
a : neares, petalis infra apices inserte. Calyx 
Se ___ proprius, nullus. Sem. solitaria. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Buossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips li- 
near, inserted into the petals below the 
points, Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Prorea teretifolia, foliis obtusis: junioribus 
entibus, senioribus patentibus: flo- 
_ ribus luteis, capitatis, terminalibus, foliis 
_ Circumsessis : post florescentiam conus for- 
Prorea with cylindrical leaves blunt-ended : the 
younger ascending, and the older ones . 
spreading : flowers yellow, headed, termi- 
nal, and surrounded by the leaves: and after 
. flowering a cone is formed. 
pees 2. A chive magnified 
> & 8: Seed-bid and po 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
intal. 
4. Flower-branch of a small variety. 
a 
Turis little Protea is more desirable, 
, bri tha 
any beauty it possesses, and exhibits powerfully the great diversity of'character annexed to this nume- 
i f the b 
‘it might never acquire in this climate, and which 
appearance 
sessed. By placing !t 
variations these objections are obviated, and the appearance of repetition avoided : a desir- 
9) 
able ject in a genus so extended as Protea 
much as possible the number of slight varieti 
2 Sab Our drawing was made trom plants in the Hibbe. 
