XXIV, 
PROTEA MUCRONITFOLIA. 
Dagger-leaved Protea. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis vide sub No. 2. 
# Folia simplicia, integerrima. 
P; foliis 1-13 pollicem longis, lineari-lanceolatis, mucronatis, epunctatis, planiusculis; bracteis 
involucri anguste cuneatis, integerrimis. : 
Sponte nascentem in Roodesand montibus, legit J. Niven. . 
Floret apud nos a Julio in Decembrem, 
rolla, scarcely to be imitated by the painter, but exclusive of this obvious difference in colour it 
. ia b E oa 
dark times, hes ‘ plant that is hoary * was actually called black, now prevail? in this 
age, when flowers trom every region of the earth + are showered down upon in such profu- 
* Marrubium Niorum : : 
_t Mr. Brown has lieoinght home near 70 species of Eucalyptus, many of which were thrown down from their 
gh and inaccessible branches, by the Parrots. _ 
