Protea. | CXVII. PROTEACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 199 
pubescent ; tube 1 lin. in diam. in the lower 5 lin., } lin. in diam. in 
the upper 9 lin.; limb 7 lin. long; lobes linear, subulate, 4 lin. wide. 
Anthers linear, 44 lin. long. Ovary with rusty hairs 5 lin. long at its 
ae style 1} in. long, subulate, channelled above.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
-431. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Milanji, 
Whyte, 30! 
12. P. Kirkii, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 328. Branches 
woody, terete, densely rusty-pubescent when young, glabrous in age. 
Leaves sessile by a broad base, oblong, rounded at the apex, 4 in. long, 
I in. wide, glabrous; lateral nerves conspicuous, spreading, prominent 
on both surfaces; marginal nerves obvious. Heads sessile at the end 
of the branches, 24 in. in diam.; bracts tomentose outside, densely 
ciliate, outer 3 lin. long, ovate, innermost oblanceolate, 14 in. long, 2 lin. 
wide. Perianth 1} in. long, densely rusty hairy all over, in the lower 
part with hairs 4 lin. long. Anthers linear, 3 lin. long; connective 
produced into a short subulate mucro, Style 1? in. long, triangular. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa ; Moramballa Mountain, 3000 ft., 
Kirk ! 
13. P. abyssinica, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 522. A shrub or tree up 
to 9 ft. high. Branches pilose when young. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering to the base, coriaceous, glabrous, 
about 6 in. long and 9 lin. wide; veins loosely reticulate, obvious on 
both surfaces; marginal veins much thickened. Head terminal, tur- 
binate ; bracts densely imbricate, silvery and silky outside, glabrous 
inside, the outermost less than 1 lin. long, gradually increasing 
inwards, innermost oblong, 1} in. long, 5 lin. wide, all obtuse. Peri- 
anth 10 lin. long, densely fulvous hairy on the upper 6 lin,, 
Sparingly so in the lower part. Anthers linear, 4 lin. long. Style 
about 14 in. long, reddish, triangular below, cylindric and much 
more slender in the upper 5 lin.—Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 237; A. 
Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 232; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195; 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 104, 138, B. 294, C. 165; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 148. P. Gaguedi, Gmel. Syst. 225.—G@aguedi, 
Bruce, Trav. Source Nile, v. 52, with two plates. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Mount Oualid, 6800 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 2210! 
Gallabat: on the left bank of the Gendua River, Schweinfurth, 2396! Abyssinia: 
Mount Lamalnon, Bruce; Dabus River district and Baro-Sobat, Blundell! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 900! Uganda: Sibu, Nandi Country, James i 
British East Africa: Eldama Ravine, 7200 ft., Hutchins ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: hills between Limekiln and Humpata, 6500 ft.; 
Pearson, 2647 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo, Holst, 2454! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Scott ! Rhodesia: Bulawayo and 
Matopos,. Kolbe, 3165! Matopo Hills, Rogers, 153! Chimanimapi Mountains, 
4000 ft., Johnson, 1381! Mashonaland: Salisbury, Hon, Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 260! 
near Umghoosi River, Baines! Valley of the Umzingwaini River, Baines ! 
