Thistle protea, Protea scolymocephala (Scolymocephalus africanus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Mario Cammerari from Professor Filippo Arena's La natura e cultura dei fiori fisicamente esposta (The nature and culture of flowers physically displayed), Palermo, Italy, 1771.

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