PLATE LXXVL 



PROTEA PINIFOLIA. 



Pine-leaved Protect. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIJ MONOGYNIJ. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 4-fida, feu 4-petala. Anthera: lineares, 

 infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- 

 prius null us. Sem. folitaria. 



Blossom four-cleft or of four pttals. Tips 



linear, inferred into the petals below die 



ends. Cup. Proper, none. Seeds folitarv. 



See Pkotea Si'eciosa. Plate XV11. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea floribus fimplicibus, racemofo fpicatis, Protea with Ample flowers, growing in branch- 



glabris; foliis filiformibus, fparfis, gla- ing fpikes, and fmooth; leaves thread- 



bris. fliaped, fcattered, and fmooth. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A BlofTom complete. 



2. One Petal of the Blollom, (magnified), with its Chive attached. 



3. The Pointal and Seed-bud, (magnified). 



4. A ripe Seed. 



The Pinc-leaved Protea from the Cape of Good Hope, is rather a delicate plant; and is fubjecl to be 

 killed, if not kept in the drieft, and warmeft part of the greenhoufe, being very fufccptible of 

 damps. It makes a very fine appearance when in bloom, growing to the height of two feet or more 

 upright, and with few branches; every part of the plant, (which is uncommon in this genus.) is quite 

 fmooth and fhining. This fpecies of Protea is an inhabitant of our gardens, fince the year 1/80; 

 when it was firft introduced by William Forfyth, Efq. of Kenfington, but has been rarely fees to 

 flower, as it is found but in few collections ; owing to the difficulty of propagating it, by the only 

 poffible method in this country, cuttings. The foil it approves mod, as do mod of the Proteas, 

 is a light loam. The drawing was taken at the Hammcrfmith nurlery, from a plant which flowered 

 there in Auguft this year. 



