Plate 458 Protea speciosa (Showy 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 speciosa is an evergreen, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that grows 0.5 to 1.2 m tall, from a large, woody, persistent rootstock. The leaves are obovate to oblanceolate, 90–160 mm long and 10–60 mm wide, leathery, hairy when young and hairless when mature. Native to the Cape of Good Hope 410 by 270mm (16¼ by 10¾ inches). Item #32728
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