PROTEA foliis linearibus acutis, supra concavis, subtus convexis: floribus confertis, procumbentibus. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. PROTEA with linear pointed leaves, concave above, and convex beneath. Flowers crowded, and lying on the ground. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower complete, summit magnified. * * * * * 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. [Illustration] PLATE DLXXVIII. ÆGIPHILA DIFFUSA. Fig. 1. _Spreading Ægiphila._ CLASS IV. ORDER I. _TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Four Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX 4-dentatus. Corolla 4-fida. Stylus semibifidus. Bacca bilocularis, loculis dispermis. CUP four-toothed. Blossom four-cleft. Shaft cleft half-way down. Berry two-celled, cells two-seeded. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ÆGIPHILA foliis ovato-lanceolatis, longè acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis diffusis axillaribus et terminalibus; staminibus tubo vix excedentibus, stylo longissimo. ÆGIPHILA with oval-lanced, long pointed leaves, smooth on both sides; panicles spreading, axillary, and terminal; stamens scarcely longer than the tube, and shaft very long. ÆGIPHILA OBOVATA. Fig. 2. _Inversely Oval-leaved Ægiphila_ SPECIFIC CHARACTER. ÆGIPHILA foliis obovatis acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus; pedicellis calycibusque minutè pubescentibus. ÆGIPHILA with leaves inversely oval, pointed and smooth; panicles axillary and terminal; flower-stalks and calyxes minutely pubescent. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The empalement. 2. A blossom spread open. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, as it appears in the opening buds. 4. The same when fully expanded. * * * * *