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PLATE CCLXIV. 



PROTEA GLOIVIERATA. 



Woolly -headed Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER L 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 4-fida feu 4-petala. Antherae line- 

 ares, iiifertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx 

 proprius 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, Vol. I. PI. XVII. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea foliis bipinnalis, filiformibus; pedunculo 

 coramuni elongato, nudo, pedicellis capi- 

 tulis longioribus; corollis extus lanatis. 



Protea with doubly winged leaves, thread- 

 lliaped; common foot-ftalk lengthened, 

 naked, partial foot-ftalks longer than the 

 heads of flowers; blolfoms woolly without. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



X. A Floret, natural fize. 



2. The BlolVom, magnified. 



3. The Pointal, natural fize, with the fummit detached, magnified. 



4. A Cone, after the flowers have all fallen off. 



In the year 17&9, this fpecies of Protea was firfl raifed from feeds; received at the Hammerfmith 

 nurfery from Vienna ; they having been collefted for the Emperor's gardens at Schonbrun, and from 

 tlience tranfmitted to Mefl'is. Lee and Kennedy. Many plants have fince been raifed, in different 

 coUeftions ; and our prefent figure was made, from a fine fpecimen, in the Hibbcrtian eolledion. It 

 is rather delicate when young, but not eafily dcftroyed when grown to a foot in height. It will attain 

 to five or fix feet, and makes a very pretty appearance, when in full flower. It ma)' be propagated 

 by cuttings, but with difficulty, and mufl; be planted in light yellow loam. 



