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 multifidis, filiformibus, acutis, pilosis: floribus in capitulis terminalibus, lucidis, odoratis.

Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.

Protea with many-cleft leaves, thread-shaped, pointed, and hairy: flowers grow in terminal heads, shining, and sweet-scented.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.