This nondescript and beautiful species of Nasturtium we met with in the select collection of the Countess de Vandes at Bayswater. Our figure represents the entire plant; but by whom introduced, or whence a native, we have not been able to learn. It appears to succeed well with the treatment usual to other Tropæolums; and, if it should seed with us, will no doubt be abundantly cultivated for the brilliance of its elegant little blossoms. It flowers during the summer months.[Pg 87]
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PLATE DXXXVI.
PROTEA ABROTANIFOLIA, minor.
Small 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.