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_ PROTEA pulchella. 
Waved-leaved Protea. 
.TETRANDRIA JZ ONOGYNIA. 
PROTEA. Cor. bipartibilis, inaequalis, labii latioris Jaminis stam1- 
niferis coherentibus. Ath. apicibus concavis corolla immerse. Squa- 
mule 4 hypogyne.. Germ. 1-spermum. Stylus subulatus. Stig. an- 
gustits, cylindraceum. Nua undique barbata, stylo persistent caudata. 
Recept. commune, paleis abbreviatis persistentibus. Jnvolucr. imbri- 
catum, persistens. ; 
Frutices modd proceriores et quanddque arborescentes, modo suba- 
caules. Folia integerrima. Capitula terminalia, raritsve lateralia: 
Receptaculo planiusculo, nunc convero, sepissimée glabro, paleis quan- 
doque connatis alveolato: Tnvolucro magno;. colorato, turbinato v- 
hemispharico: Corolle labio latiore sepé 2-3-aristato, Brown in trans, 
linn, soc. 10. 74. 
P. pulchella, foliis lineari-lingulatis marginatis nitentibus scabriusculis, 
ramis partm tomentosis, involucri bracteis interioribus apice lanceolato- 
dilatato sericeo marginibus nigro barbatis, corollz aristis vix longitudine 
Jaminarum, stylo pubescenti. Byown. loc, cit. 81, Hort. Kew. ed. 
9g. 1. 189. 
Protea pulchella, Andrews’s reposit. 270. Folia opaca margine ciliata, 
Protea speciosa, Var. fol. glabris. Andrews’s reposit. 277. Folia 
margine concolori. 
Protea pulchella. Var, speciosa, Andrews’s reposit, 442, Figura 
bractearum interiorum diyersa, aristis corolla lamina longioribus. 
Caulis mollissimé villosus. Folia coriacea, rigidiuscula, numerosa, nec 
conferta, sparsa, patentia, elongato-oblonga, 3-4 uncias longa, ab 1 tertia 
parte ad 2 tertias uncias lata, venosa, laxiits subundulata v. potitts subflecuosa, 
atomoidco-scabrata, eiliata v. nec, modd a supino versus basin villosa, ceterum 
nuda, eaenge partim attenuata, acumine feat Capitulum erectum, soli- 
tarium, turbinato-cyathoides, folia excedens: invol. incarnato-rubens, extis 
sericeum ; bractewe inter. elongato-spathulata, intis glabrate, barba dens& 
¢ffusd proliziori nigra in summd margine, Corolle 3-unciales, eatits mol 
lissimé hirsute, biaristate, Stig. subulato-attenuatum, apiculo calloso, 
This pretty shrub was found by Dr. Roxburgh, on the 
mountains in a district of the Cape of Good Hope, called 
Stellenboch. Not having had the opportunity of examin- 
ing the plants, we have followed Mr. Brown in enumerat-. 
ing the above synonyms as of varieties of the same species, 
The involucre, which surrounds the numerous corollas of 
the inflorescence, constitutes the beauty of the plant. In 
our specimen some few of the upper leaves had a pink 
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