PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA HIRTA.
Hairy Southernwood-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. 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 bipinnatis, filiformibus, pilosis: floribus ramos terminantibus in umbellis confertis: pedunculis brevissimis: bracteis erectis: corollis pallide carneis. Stigmata nigra.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.