Volume 8 — PLATE DVII.

PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA.

Southernwood-leaved Protea.

CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina solitaria.

Blossom four-cleft, or of four petals. Tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Protea foliis bipinnatis, filiformibus, glabris: floribus terminalibus, umbellatis: pedunculis longis, bracteis magnis, reflexis: corollis carneis, externe villosis.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Protea with doubly-winged leaves, thread-shaped, and smooth: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: footstalks are long, with large reflexed floral leaves: blossom flesh-coloured, and hairy on the outer side.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This Protea is one of a fine section with small divided leaves, that very much resemble the southernwood (whence our specific title). We have already four drawings of distinct species, besides varieties, whose foliage is likewise characteristic of that shrub. On the same plate we have given part of the branch of a variety that we think bears too much resemblance to require a separate figure.

Our drawing was made last July from plants in the Hibbertian collection.