194 CXVII. PROTEACEH (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [ Protea. 
or rarely solitary; bracts small and caducous, or large, imbricate, 
persistent and hardened in fruit. 
Genera 50, species nearly 1000, chiefly in South Africa and Australia; a few in 
South America, Tropical Asia, and the South Pacific Isles. 
Flowers in heads surrounded by an involucre of large imbricate 
bracts . : : : : : : : : : - 1, ERorwae 
Flowers in spikes or racemes, without any involucre . : . 2, FAauUREA. 
1, PROTEA, Linn,; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. in. 169. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, irregular. Perianth-tube more or less in- 
flated at the base, then linear and more or less dorsally compressed, 
often incurved; limb cylindric and slightly wider than the tube in_ 
bud, the posticous segment deeply separating from the others, which 
form an entire or shortly 2—3-fid lip. Anthers subsessile on the 
perianth-limb, free, linear; connective produced beyond the cells. 
Hypogynous scales 4, linear, slender or obsolete. Ovary densely 
clothed with long hairs; ovule solitary, amphitropous, laterally fixed ; 
style rigid, often persistent and woody, subulate, compressed, angular 
or narrowly winged ; stigma small, terminal or oblique. Nut densely 
bearded, terminated by the persistent style.—Shrubs or small trees. 
Leaves alternate, coriaceous, rigid, quite entire. Flowers in dense 
globose or turbinate (rarely oblong) heads; receptacle thick, flat or 
convex; involucral bracts numerous, imbricate, coriaceous or woody, 
the innermost often long and coloured. 
Species about 100, the majority in South Africa. 
Leaves linear, not more than 4 lin. wide. 
Bracts hairy outside. 
Branches glabrous. 5 x F : . lL. P. Baumis. 
Branches hairy at first. 
Innermost bracts very acute . : . . 2, P. hemantha. 
Innermost bracts obtuse. 
Leaves lanceolate : : ; é . 8, P. Lemairei. 
Leaves linear or oblong. ; : . 4 P. trichophylla. 
Bracts glabrous outside. 
Perianth as long as the innermost bracts . 5. P. linearifolia. 
Perianth shorter than the innermost bracts . 6. P. paludosa. 
Leaves oblong, more than 4 lin. wide, not more than 
2in.long . : ‘ : . s : . 
Leaves oblong or broadly oblanceolate, more than 4 lin. 
wide and 2 in. long. 
Leaves distinctly petioled . : : ‘ . 8. P. petiolaris. 
Leaves very shortly petioled . : : . 9. P. praticola. 
Leaves sessile. 
Bracts glabrous, except at the margin. 
Perianth glabrous or nearly so : : _ 10. P. kilimandscharica. 
Perianth densely silky above ‘ ‘ . 11. P. Nyase. 
Bracts hairy. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Lateral nerves spreading . 
7, P. heckmanniana. 
. 12. P. Kirkii. 
