The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 07 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

PLATE CCCCLXV.

PROTEA DIVARICATA.

Straddling-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. Sem. 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 divaricata, foliis multifidis, longis, linearibus, teretibus, patentibus: floribus glomeratis, luteis.