Blossom four-leaved. Petals frequently adhering, oftener divided, of a linear oblong shape: claws upright, border spreading.
Chives. Threads none. Tips four, linear, or oblong, fixed within the border of the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud above, and oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the blossom. Summit simple, and club-shaped.
Seed-vessel none. Cup spreading, hard, and scarcely changing.
Seeds solitary, nearly round, or flat.
Receptacle the common, is naked, hairy, chaffy, or a cone.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea, foliis lanceolatis, pubescentibus; caule villoso; flore aurantio flavo; semine sub-rotundo, glabro, magnitudine pisi majoris.
Protea, with lance-shape downy leaves; stem hairy; blossom orange yellow; seed nearly round, smooth, the size of a large pea.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.