REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. Seed-buds, honey-cups, chives, and pointal. 3. A petal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal. Among the scented foliage characteristic of so many of the Diosmas the present species is by far the most powerful, and is the plant called Buku, so much used by the Hottentots, at the Cape of Good Hope, by way of perfume. They mix it with grease, and anoint themselves with it so profusely that a stranger can scarcely endure the effluvia of it. The D. serrata also possesses a similar scent, and is most likely used occasionally for the same purpose by the natives. Its scent, when rubbed, remains a long time, and by some is thought very pleasant, by others as disagreeable: a difference of opinion in general attending all very strong perfumes. The foliage has a very neat appearance, and the clear white flowers give it a lively aspect. Like several others of the genus, it blooms in winter and spring. Our figure was made from the Clapham collection. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXV. PROTEA DIVARICATA. _Straddling-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. Sem. 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 divaricata, foliis multifidis, longis, linearibus, teretibus, patentibus: floribus glomeratis, luteis. PROTEA with straddling leaves, many-cleft, long, linear, round, and spreading. Flowers grow in close round heads of a yellow colour. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal. This very distinct species of Protea we have not seen in any other collection than that of G. Hibbert, esq. nor is it as yet amongst the numerous fine dried specimens in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq. and certainly may be considered at present as a rare plant. From the firm luxuriance of the foliage, and woody character of its stem, we should be inclined to regard it as a plant not difficult to preserve; and considering the abundance of its leaves, the flowers are comparatively few: and very likely this circumstance may best account for its present scarcity; for, amongst the various beauties of this extensive tribe, numerous flowers, or speciosity of appearance, are the best recommendations to particular attention. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXVI. GOODENIA TENELLA. _Slender Goodenia._ CLASS V. ORDER I. _PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Five Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. COROLLA 5-fida, supra longitudinaliter fissa, genitalia exserens. Stigma urceolatum, ciliatum.