PLATE CCLXXVII. 



P Pt O T E A S P E C I O S A. 



Var.foliis glalris. 



Smooth-leaved Shezvy Prolea. 



CLASS IV. ORDER L 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGVNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 ares, inferta petalis infra apicem. Calyx 

 proprius nullQs. 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.1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Protea follis lanceolatis, glabris ; fquamae caly- 

 cinae interiores barbatae, apice incurvatae, 

 fufcae. 



Protea with lance-fliaped fmooth leaves; the 

 inner fcales of the empalement are bearded, 

 turned inward at the point and brown. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Seed-bud and Pointal. 



2. A Flower fpread open, with the tips in their places. 



This fine variety of the Shewy Protea might, indeed, almoft pafs for a diflinft fpecies. It was intro- 

 duced, to Britain, in the year 1794, by Mr. Williams, Nurferyman, of Turnham Green. The only 

 living fpecimen in Britiiin, we believe, of this plant, is at prefent in the Hammerfmith colleftion. As 

 yet no increafe has been produced from it, either by cuttings, or feeds ; for although the plant flowers 

 every year, and the leeds in the cone, or rather flower-cup, feem perfeft, they never vegetate. It is a 

 hardy, and handfome growing Protea, requiring little attention, and may be placed in any part of 

 the green-houfe; grows about three feet high, very bufliy, and flowers near the month of Ottober. 



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