1. The empalement. 2. The standard. 3. One of the wings. 4. The keel. 5. Chives and pointal. 6. The chives spread open. 7. Seed-bud and pointal. Podalyria is a section of the genus Sophora, separated from it by Lamarck, and named after the son of Æsculapius, the celebrated physician who accompanied the Grecians in their famous expedition against Troy. This species, we have little doubt, is the P. hirsuta (an unfigured species) enumerated by Willdenow, although by some it is thought to be distinct from it, on account of the leaves being somewhat longer, the flowers of a finer colour; differences, we think, accounted for in the latitude of growth resulting from varied modes of culture. Our drawing was made from a plant raised from Cape seed, by Messrs. Whitley and Brames, in the year 1806. [Illustration] PLATE DXXVI. PROTEA CESPITOSA. _Turfy 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 rigidis, lanceolatis, pilosis, undulatis, glabris, patentibus, apice adscendente, supra convexis, infra concavis: capitulo globoso, terminali: corollis ferrugineis: squamis pilosis, interne læte rubris. Caulis humilis. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. PROTEA with rigid, lance-shaped, hairy leaves, waved, smooth, and spreading, with an ascending point, convex above, and concave beneath: head of flowers globular, and terminal. Blossoms of a rusty colour. Scales hairy, and of a bright red on the inside. Stem low. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete. 2. Seed-bud and pointal. This new dwarf Protea is named from its sod-or turf-like appearance. Although of low and humble growth, it is by no means deficient in attraction. The inner side of the imbricating scales is of a fine red, which is a great addition to its beauty whilst expanded: but in our plant this was of short duration, occasioned by the pressure of the leaves from the rapid growth of the surrounding side shoots. Our figure was made from the Hibbertian collection. [Illustration] PLATE DXXVII. RUELLIA FULGIDA. _Bright-flowered Ruellia._ CLASS IV. ORDER I. _TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 5-partitus. Corolla monopetala, limbo 5-lobo, inæquali. Stamina biconjugata. Stylus filiformis. Stigma bifidum. Capsula dissepimentis dentatis, elasticis, dehiscentibus. Semina pauca.