Volume 8 — PLATE DXII.

PROTEA PINNATA.

Winged-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 pinnata: floribus glomeratis, capitatis, terminalibus: corollis rubris, pilosis.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Protea with winged leaves: flowers grow in round terminal heads: blossoms red and hairy.

Native of Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This new species of Protea resembles in its flowers the P. glomerata, in its foliage the P. argentiflora, but altogether is very different from either. Like most of the genus, it is slow in growth, and remains a long time in perfection. Our drawing was made at the Hibbertian collection the summer before last. We also observed it again last year, very near unfolding its flowers; but being later in the autumn than usual, most probably prevented their expansion. We are inclined to think this species is rather tender, and, like too many of this extensive family, requires great care and attention to preserve: a circumstance that most likely prevents their being in that request which their beauty and versatility would otherwise command.