PLATE CCXLIII. 



PROTEA LAGOPUS. 



Woolly-leaved Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER L 

 i'ETRANDRIA MONOGVN lA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



CoKOLLA 4fidafeu 4-pe.tala. Antherae lineares, || Blossom 4-cleft or 4-petalled. Tips linear, in- 

 infertae petalis infra apicetn. Calyx pro- | ferted into the petals below the point. Pro- 



prius nullus. Seruina folitaria. j per Cup none. Seeds folitary. 



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



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis bipinnatis, filirormibus; capitulis 

 fpicatis, aggregatis, quadriflorisj corollis 

 intus purpureis. 



Protea with doubly winged leaves, thrcad- 

 fliaped; fmall heads grow in I'pikes ciofe 

 together, four flowers in each; bloliouis 

 purple within. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The fcales of the cup of one of the fmall heads. 



2. A fmall head of flowers, one of the flowers open, the reft not yet expanded. 



3. A floret, wiih the petals expanded. 



4. A petal, with its chive, magnified. 



5. A Pointal, natural fize, with the fummit detached and magnified. 



This handfome Protea we owe to Mr. R.Williams, of Turnham-green, nurferyraan, who raifed it by- 

 feeds received from tlie Cape of Good Hope in the year 1797- It is one ot the handfomefl we yet 

 poffefs of the winged-leaved kind of Proteas; of which divifion, in this large tamily, there are now in 

 the Hibbertian colleiftioa eighteen diiiind fpecies. This plant grows to the height of three feet, makes a 

 very bulliy head, and, when in flower, has a handfome appearance; as there are fometimes twenty fpikes 

 of flowers on it at one time. It is propagated by cuttings, thrives in fandy loam, and flowers in June; 

 in which month this year, 1802, our drawing was made at Claphani. 



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