The application of specific titles to this wide-spreading family of plants is now become an arduous task; and considering how many of the best are already occupied, an exclusive reference cannot be expected. This species of Protea is altogether new, but bears a powerful resemblance in the flowers to the P. humiflora: but the distinct character of its foliage gives to the tout ensemble a perfect air of novelty; nor is there any figure or description of it extant, that we know of.
Our drawing was made from a fine plant at the nursery of Mr. Knight in the King’s Road, Chelsea.
PLATE DLXXVIII.
ÆGIPHILA DIFFUSA. Fig. 1.
Spreading Ægiphila.
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.