198 CXVII. PROTEACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). | Protea. 
nerves numerous and slender, finely reticulated, equally conspicuous on 
both surfaces, none truly marginal ; petiole about 14 in. long. Heads 
numerous, more or less oblique at the ends of branchlets, globose, 
almost hidden by the leaves; bracts glabrous or silky, ciliate, outer 
ovate or semicircular, 2 lin. long, inner up to 2} in. long, oblong. 
Perianth up to 2} in. Jong, pilose or sometimes glabrous above. Ovary 
densely clothed with rusty hairs ; style nearly 2 in. long.—Leucadendron 
petiolare, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 920. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in open forests in Morro de Lopollo, above 
5600 ft., Welwitsch, 1597! slopes leading down to Lubango, 6200 ft., Pearson, 
2648 ! 
9. P. praticola, Hngl. Jahrb. xxx. 297. An undershrub 1 ft. 
high. Stems 2 lin. in diam., densely leafy, pilose when young. Leaves 
linear-oblong or oblong-subspathulate, obtuse, 3 in. long, 9 lin. wide, 
pilose when young, scarcely petioled, shining above; nerves somewhat 
prominent below, dichotomously branching a short distance above the 
base. Bracts densely ciliate, outer in about 8 rows, ovate, 5 lin. long, 
innermost oblong, 14 in. long, 5 lin. wide. Perianth about as long as 
the innermost bracts, white, glabrous at the base, densely and shortly 
white-pilose above. Anthers 34 lin. long, linear ; connective produced 
into a short subtriangular appendage. Ovary clothed with rusty hairs 
4 lin. long; style thickened at the base, 9 lin. long, geniculate below, 
attenuate above. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyika, Uwurungu Mountain, near 
Umalila, 7200 ft., Goetze, 1460. 
10, P. kilimandscharica, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195. 
A shrub. Branches glabrous, terete. Leaves oblanceolate, subacute, 
4 in. long, 1 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, with a distinct cartilaginous 
sometimes undulate border; veins loosely reticulate, obvious on both 
surfaces. Heads about 2 in. in diam.; outer bracts ovate, 3 lin, long, 
ciliate on the margin, otherwise glabrous, uppermost linear-oblong, 24 in. 
long, 4 lin. wide, rusty pilose at the apex. Perianth about as long as 
the innermost bracts, densely silky above. Anthers linear. Style 
about as long as the perianth, angular below, subulate above.—Engl. 
Jahrb. xxx. 299; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 135, 138, C. 165. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, Kifinika Volcano, 
9000 ft., Volkens, 929! 9000 to 13,000 ft., Johnston, 156! last zone of vegetation 
below perpetual snow, New / Meyer, 121, 264, Héihnel, 170; Rungwe Stock, 
9480 ft., Goetze, 1152. 
Native name “ segera”’ (Goetze). 
11. P. Nyasz, Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 39. 
Caulescent. Leaves oblong, rounded and emarginate at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, 2-2? in. long, 6-7 lin. wide, sessile, 1-nerved, 
glabrous, coriaceous, Head terminal, turbinate, 3} in. in diam. ; bracts 
in many rows, smooth, outer broadly ovate, ciliolate, innermost spathu- 
late oblong, glabrous. Perianth 13 in. long, glabrous or very slightly 
