PLATE CCLXX. 



PROTEA PULCHELLA. 



Waved-leaved Protea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER L 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla <t-fida leu 4-petala. Antheroe lineares, 

 infertae petalis infra apicem. Calyx pro- 

 priiis nullus. Semina folitaria. 



Blo ssom 4-cleft or four petalled. Tips linear, 

 inferted into the petals below the point. 

 Cup proper, none. Seeds folitary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTEK 



Protea follis lanceolatis, undulatis, rubro mar- 

 ginatis, pilofis; fquamis calycis tricolo- 

 ratis; capitulo eredlo, terminali. 



Protea with lance-fliaped leaves, waved, mar- 

 gined with red and hairy; fcales of the cup 

 three-coloured; flower head upright, and 

 terminal. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Floret complete with the feed-bud. 



2. The four Petals of the fame, with the Tips ihewn at their ends. 



3. Pointal and Seed-bud. 



This Protea, from the Cape of Good Hope, merits the attention of thole who wiih to beautify their 

 colledlions, with diftinguilhed objects; as, it flowers the third year from the fetd, and is equally hand- 

 fome with Protea mellifera. The cone for two months before it opens is extremely beautiful, and it 

 ' is in flower nearly one more; and this, at a time when the plant has, fcarcely, attained a foot in 

 height. It is not inclined to branch till it has flowered, but from the lower part of the cone the 

 branches begin to extend. The leaves from their hairinefs have a whitifh appearance, are finely 

 edged with a light pink, and are flightly waved. It is propagated by cuttings, ihould be planted in 

 light faiidy loam, and flowers in September. Our drawing was made from a plant in the Hibbertian 

 colleftion; to which it was introduced by Mr. Niven, in the year 1 ygg, amongtt the firft feeds which 

 were fent, by him, from the Cape. 



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