PLATE DLXXII.
PROTEA SALIGNA.
Willow-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.
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 obliquis, lanceolatis, pubescentibus: capitulis oblongis, involucratis, terminalibus.
Feminei flores ramos terminant cum cono ovato magnitudine pisi, involucro bicolori circumdato.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.