XXXVII. 
PROTEA LONGIFOLIA. 
Long-leaved Protea. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis, vide sub No. 2. 
# Folia simplicia, integerrima. 
P. foliis 2 lineas Jatis, 6 pollices longis. lineari-spatulatis, margine scabriusculis, acutiusculis 
apice mox sphacelato, glabris, punctatis: bracteis involucri spatulatis, minute ciliatis, 
obtusis. “a 
Sponte nascentem in Promontorio Cap, legit J. Nevin. 
_ Floretapud nos ab Aprili, in Junium. a 
A new species from the Clapham collection. Stem 3 feet high, slender but stiff, not much 
branched ; while young yellowish green witha tinge of red at the base of the same year’s shoot. 
Leaves dull green inclining to an olive colour, narrow, very long, not so much twisted as in many 
ers quite erect, a little more than 2 inches in diameter, almost truncated. Anvolucral Bractes" 
yellowish green with a dull red tinge on the outside especially of the lower a pom and 3 
Petals yellowish with rose-coloured tips, and a fine white pubescence. i I did not chuse to dissect 
the Fasciculus, though the liberality of the owner would have permitted it, the plant iis yet 
exceeding scarce, and apt to decay where cut, if the air is not excluded from the wound by g 
the quackery of making a secret of any thing he knows in horticulture. 
