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Krandiceps , Fratt- 
PROTEA wil¥fera. 
Long-haired Protea. 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Proreacez. 
PROTEA. Supra, vol. 1. fol. 20. 
P. villifera; foliis oboyato-oblongis basi attenuatis capitulo oblongo brevi- 
oribus ramisque villosis, involucri foliolis exterioribus glabris: interioribus 
lineari-oblongis apice albo-barbatis. ; 
Rami pilis longis laais vestiti. Folia obovato-oblonga, basi attenuata, 
obtusa, marginata, glauca, pilis longis distantibus villosa. Capitulum oblon- 
gum, foliis longius, foliolis involucri exterioribus ovatis glabris, interioribus 
lineari-oblongis, roses, apice albo-barbatis. ‘ 
Of this plant we know nothing except from the accom- 
panying figure, which has been lying in our portfolio 
several years. Its affinity to P. speciosa is obvious; but as 
we do not find any notice taken by authors of the long 
hairs which are remarkable in the species before us, and 
as the smoothness of the former plant is evidently con- 
trasted by Mr. Brown with the hairiness of some others, 
we conclude that we are right in considering this as 
distinct, and previously unnoticed. 
Undoubtedly a native of ‘the neighbourhood of the 
Cape of Good Hope, to which country the genus is confined, 
with one remarkable exception. 
Branches covered with long, weak hairs. Leaves ob- 
ovate-oblong, tapering to the base, obtuse, bordered, glau- 
cous, covered with long, weak hairs. Head oblong, longer 
than the leaves; the outer leaflets of the zvolucrum ovate, 
smooth, the inner linear-oblong, rose-coloured, bearded 
with white at the end. 
Vos Abe 
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