Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A leaf.
2. A flower with its bract, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A branch of a slight variety.
This Protea is one of a fine section with small divided leaves, that very much resemble the southernwood (whence our specific title). We have already four drawings of distinct species, besides varieties, whose foliage is likewise characteristic of that shrub. On the same plate we have given part of the branch of a variety that we think bears too much resemblance to require a separate figure.
Our drawing was made last July from plants in the Hibbertian collection.[Pg 31]
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PLATE DVIII.
CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS.
Large-lowered Cereus.