Corymbose-flowering 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 4-cleft, or of 4 petals: tips linear, inserted into the petals below the points. Cup proper, none. Seeds solitary.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Protea foliis teretibus, brevibus, obtusis, adscendentibus, glaucis: floribus capitatis, luteis, corymbosis.
Frutex pygmæus, dumosus: ramis sub-verticillatis.
Protea with round short leaves, blunt ended, ascending, and glaucous: flowers headed, yellow, and growing in the manner of a corymbus.