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

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

CLASS IV. ORDER I.

TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Corolla 4-fida, seu 4-petals. 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 foliis imbricatis, lanceolatis, nervosis, pilosis: floribus terminalibus, confertim capitatis, villosis.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Thunb. Diss. 45. t. 5. f. 2.

Protea with imbricated leaves, lance-shaped, nerved, and hairy: flowers terminal, in crowded heads, and hairy.