The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 08 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 4-fida, seu 4-petala. Antheræ lineares, petalis infra apices insertæ. Calyx proprius, nullus. Semina 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 pinnata: floribus glomeratis, capitatis, terminalibus: corollis rubris, pilosis.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Protea with winged leaves: flowers grow in round terminal heads: blossoms red and hairy.

Native of Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.