Plate 429 Protea incurva (Incurved-leaved Protea)
T. Bensley, 1797-1815. Print from "The Botanist's Repository, Comprising Colour'd Engravings of New and Rare Plants" a monumental 10-volume work published by English artist and engraver Henry Cranke Andrews between 1797 and 1812 (with some parts issued until 1815). These prints are highly regarded for their artistic, hand-colored quality, which was intended to resemble watercolor drawings rather than traditional engravings. Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes. It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family. About 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa. Protea incurva Andrews is a synonym for Leucadendron comosum subsp. comosum (the Globe-coned Sun-bush). It is not a current species within the Protea genus but was an illegitimate, later homonym used in1805. The Leucadendron species it represents is native to the Western Cape, South Africa. 265 by 210mm (10½ by 8¼ inches). Item #32706
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