196 CXVII. PROTEACEE (BAKER AND WRIGHT). | Protea. 
of 16 in., densely pilose when young, soon glabrescent. Leaves dense, 
sessile, linear-lanceolate to linear, very acute or even pungent, long 
cuneate at the base, 2-4} in. long, 3-5 lin. wide, silky-pilose when 
young, at length quite glabrous, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, shining on 
both sides; nerves prominent on both surfaces, 2 marginal. Heads 
terminal, 4} in. in diam. ; bracts numerous, shortly white-silky outside, 
glabrous and red inside, lower ovate-lanceolate, 6-12 lin. long, upper 
becoming gradually linear-lanceolate and up to 2 in. long, very acute. 
Perianth rosy, densely long white-silky, 14 in. long. Style up to 2 in. 
long after flowering, almost woody, pungent.—Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 129. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: by the Longa and upper part of the Quiriri Rivers, 
4170 ft., Baum, 709! 
Allied to P. paludosa, Eng). 
3. P. Lemairei, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 30, t. 8, fig. 1-12. 
A woody plant. Branches up to 1 ft. long, straight, clothed with long 
hairs when young, glabrescent. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, straight, 
acute, 14-34 in. long, 1-3 lin. wide, sessile, with long silky hairs 
adpressed on both surfaces, margins scabrous. Heads terminal, sessile, 
up to 24 in. long; bracts few, strongly imbricate, outer 2 lin. long, 
inner 2 in. long, 4 lin. wide, obtuse, velvety outside, ciliate, glabrous 
and rose-coloured inside, more or less spreading during flowering ; 
receptacle conical. Perianth densely velvety with yellow hairs outside, 
especially towards the apex, inflated at the base, about 24 in. long ; 
upper lip shortly 3-toothed. Anthers linear, 24 lin. long. Ovary 
covered with brownish hairs; style filiform, 1}? in. long. 
South Central. Belgian Congo; Lukafu, Verdick. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: plateau between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, 
Lemaire, 
4. P.trichophylla, Engl. ¢ Gilgin Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 226. 
A small shrub. Branches many, 12-15 in. high, arising from a thick 
rootstock, very densely grey silky above, glabrescent below. Leaves 
dense, linear or Jinear-lanceolate, 24-3 in. long, 3-4 lin. wide, acute, 
narrowly cuneate at the base, long and densely adpressed grey silky, 
scarcely glabrescent, subcoriaceous, opaque; veins loosely reticulate, 
equally prominent on both surfaces, the marginal almost at the very 
edge. Heads about 2} in. in diam., solitary at the ends of the branches ; 
bracts few imbricate, very densely grey silky outside; outer broadly 
ovate, acute, 3 lin. long and wide; innermost oblong-lanceolate, rounded 
at the apex, about 1 in. long, 5 lin. wide. Perianth 1} in. long, very 
long and densely grey silky. Style after flowering 14 in. long.—Engl. 
Jahrb. xxxiii. 131. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: between the Kubango River and Mandongo and 
on to Kassinga, 4740 ft., Baum, 918 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: by the Mohlungushi River, Allen, 477 ! 
5, P. linearifolia, Hngl. Jahrb. xxx. 296. An undershrub with 
a very short rootstock. Branches erect, 1-1} ft. high. Leaves rather 
