2. The Chives and Pointal.
3. The Chives, Pointal, and Seed-bud, magnified.
The species here figured of Whortle-berry, according to the Kew catalogue, was introduced, first, from North America, to us, by Mr. William Young, in the year 1770. It is a hardy, deciduous shrub; grows to the height of three feet; very bushy, with the flowers but thinly scattered over it; they are white, and deeply cut in the border, which is rather inclined to spread. It is increased by layers; the berries seldom ripening in England. A light, sandy peat soil, with a small portion of loam, is the fittest for its growth; and it acquires a higher degree of beauty, when sheltered from the scorching rays of the sun, in summer. Our figure was taken in June, 1801, at the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, from a plant which had been imported in February, the same year, from Pennsylvania, North America.[Pg 482]
PLATE CCLXIV.
PROTEA GLOMERATA.
Woolly-headed Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla 4-fida seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra apicem. Calyx proprius nullus. Semina solitaria.