1. A flower complete.
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
Of this perfectly new species of Protea we have represented the entire plant, just as we found it growing in the conservatory of G. Hibbert, esq., where it has flowered for the first time in this country. In the flowers it resembles the P. cordata, in its foliage the P. canaliculata, allied to each and yet removed from both. The procumbent situation of its crowded blossoms gives a singularity to its appearance, and altogether it is certainly a very interesting species. It should be planted in a light loamy soil, and kept in an airy part of the green-house.[Pg 81]
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PLATE DXXXIII.
CACTUS COCCINELLIFER.
Cochineal Torch Thistle.
CLASS XII. ORDER I.
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. About twenty Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.