PLATE CXLIV. 



PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. 



Far. cono tu.rbitia.to. 



hong-leaved Protea. Far. top-shaped 



CLASS IV. ORDER 1. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 4-fida leu 4-petala. Anthers lineares, 

 infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- 

 prius nullus. Semina folitaria. 



Blossom 4-cleft or 4 petals. Tips linear, in- 

 ferted into the petals below the point. Cup 

 proper none. Seeds folitary. 



See Protea Formosa, PI. XVII. Vol. I. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis fublinearibus, anguftis, obliquis, 

 rigidis, longiffimis; fquamis interioribus 

 calycis kinceolatis, erectis; florum plumis 

 :itro purpureis ; conus turbinatus. 



Protea with nearly linear leaves, narrow, oblique. 

 harili and very long; the inner icales of the 

 cup are lance-fhaped and upright; the 

 plume of flowers are of a dark purple; the 

 cone top-fhaped. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Bloffom complete, with the feed-bud attached. 



2. The Petals of the flower fpread open, to fhew the fituation of the Tips. 



3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit. 



This is the third variety of Long-leaved Protea, as mentioned p. 132, and equally fcarce with the 

 preceding ones. It was raifed from feed at the lame time with the other two, which were received 

 by MelTrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hatmmerfmith, from the superintendant of the Imperial Gardens at 

 Schonbrun. This variety, at prefent, is in no collection, that we know of, in England, but that of 

 G. Hibbert, Efq. where our drawing was made, in the month of January 1801. The fame unfor- 

 tunate character attaches to this, as to the other varieties, from the great difficulty of increafing it; 

 although, it flourifhes in growth, if planted in a light, loamy foil. 



