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 foliis lanceolatis: ramis plurimis adscendentibus: floribus confertis, procumbentibus.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Protea with lance-shaped leaves, with many ascending branches. Flowers crowded together, and lying on the ground.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.