It is a green-house plant, a native of the Cape, and is propagated by cuttings; but is not at present in any collection we are acquainted with, except Mr. Hibbert’s.[Pg 137]
PLATE CCCCXXIX.
PROTEA INCURVA.
Incurved-leaved Protea.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla quadrifida, sive quadripetala. Antheræ lineares, insertæ petalis infra apicem. Calyx proprius, nullus. Nux unisperma, supera.