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dense, linear, acute, long cuneate at the base, 2} in. long, 24 lin. wide, 
coriaceous, the uppermost sheathing the heads. Bracts brown, glabrous, 
outer 1—4 lin. long and broad, ovate, middle oblong, innermost linear- 
oblong, 9 lin. long, pale green tinged with red. Perianth as long as 
the innermost bracts, white, oblong-tubular in the lower third, slender 
in the central part, narrowly linear, concave and very shortly hairy 
inside in the upper part. Anthers very narrowly linear, 3 lin. long. 
Ovary clothed with long purple hairs; style as long as the perianth, 
tapering upwards. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Mountuins, near 
Lake Nyasa, 8800 ft., Goetze, 1244, 
Native name “ sihaenge.” 
6. P. paludosa, Lngl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.196. An undershrub 
3-14 ft. high. Stems decumbent, densely leafy throughout, slender, 
rather wiry, densely pilose. Leaves linear-oblong, obtuse or subapicu- 
late, up to 24 in. long and 4 lin. wide, coriaceous, rigid, at first thinly 
pilose on both surfaces; nerves not very prominent, the two lateral 
distinctly within the margin. Heads turbinate, terminal, turned at 
right angles to the axis of the stem, 24 in. in diam.; bracts pale rose 
to rosy purple, glabrous, white-ciliate; outer 2 lin. long, 1} lin. wide, 
ovate, becoming dusky red; innermost linear or lanceolate, 2 in. long, 
23 lin. wide. Perianth about 14 in. long, snow-white, shaggy with 
spreading hairs. Anthers linear, 3 lin. long. Ovary densely clothed 
with rusty hairs 4 lin. long; style 2} in. long after flowering.— 
Leucadendron paludosum, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 919. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on the wooded, spongy slopes of pastures 
in Morro de Lopollo, 5200-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1596 ! 
7. P. heckmanniana, Lngl. Jahrb. xxx. 300, t. 11. A much- 
branched shrub, about 3 ft. high, with long ash-coloured hairs on the 
young branches, leaves and bracts. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
rather obtuse, up to 2 in. long and 6 lin. wide, coriaceous ; lateral nerves 
obscure above, obvious beneath; membranous margins narrow. Heads 
about 14 in. in diam.; bracts in 4—5 series, brownish, outer ovate and 
2 lin. long, inner linear-oblong and 14 lin. long. Perianth white, 
slightly longer than the inner bracts, densely rusty hairy outside. 
Anthers linear, 1} lin. long. Ovary densely clothed with rusty hairs; 
style slightly longer than the perianth. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Range, on sunny 
slopes and meadows of the Yawimbi Mountains, 7540 ft., Goetze, 827. British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 174! 135! 
8. P. petiolaris, Welw. ex Engl. Hochgebirgsf. Trop. Afr. 197. 
A tree up to 20 ft. high; trunk 3-1} ft. in diam. at the base; 
branches spreading, glabrate; branchlets shaggy, densely leafy. 
Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base, 
3 in. long, 6 lin. wide, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, margin membranous ; 
