202 CXVII. PROTEACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). | Protea. 
densely silky tomentose, at length glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering towards the base, 4 in. long, 1 in. 
wide, densely dark yellowish silky when young, less densely so in age, 
coriaceous, opaque; nerves equally prominent on both surfaces, none 
truly marginal. Heads up to 3 in. in diam., solitary or as many as 8 
near the ends of the branches; bracts numerous, densely and shortly 
white silky outside, glabrous and silvery inside (Bawm), outer 2 lin. 
long, innermost lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 
1} in. long, 4 lin. wide; flowers honey-scented. Perianth 1} in. long, 
densely silky or villous with long dark yellow hairs. Style after 
flowering 14 in. long.— Eng]. Jahrb. xxxiii. 130. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: by the Longa River near Minnesera, 4000 ft., 
Baum, 653 ! 
21. P. uhehensis, /ngl. Jahrb. xxviii. 380. A shrub about 38 ft. 
high, or sometimes a tree nearly 7 ft. high. Branches densely leafy, 
softly pilose. Leaves coriaceous, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, white- 
arachnoid on both surfaces, 4-6 in. long, up to 2 in. wide; lateral 
nerves ascending, prominent on both surfaces. Bracts in 5 series, 
white-pilose outside and on the margins, outer ovate, 4 lin. long, inner- 
most oblong, nearly 14 in. long. Perianth about 14 in. long, very 
densely clothed with hairs, brownish in the lower part, rosy above; 
lobes as long as the tube. Anthers narrowly linear, about 7 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. (erman East Africa: Uhehe; northern Uchungwe Moun- 
tains, on the undulating Higulu Plateau, 5880 ft., Goetze, 720. Higher plateau 
north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! British Central Africa: Rhodesia; Chimanimani 
Mountains, 4000 ft., Johnson, 131! 
22. P. rubrobracteata, Lngl. Jahrb. xxx. 299, t. 10. A shrub 
about 20 in. high, with numerous branches up to 8 in. long, densely 
ashy-tomentose when young. Leaves closely .packed, sessile, lanceolate, 
obtuse, 34 in. long, 9 lin. wide at the middle, uppermost narrower, 
thickly coriaceous, bluish-green, very shortly hairy ; lateral nerves 6-7 
on each side, ascending at an acute angle, slightly prominent when dry. 
Heads broadly turbinate, 2? in. in diam.; bracts coriaceous, pale red, 
long white-pilose outside, densely ciliate, innermost about 14 in. long, 
5 lin. wide, Perianth 14 in. long, pale red with long white hairs; tube 
7 lin. long; upper lip of limb narrowly boat-shaped, 3-toothed, lower 
narrow. Anthers narrowly linear, 2 lin. long; connective prolonged 
into an obtuse ovate appendage. Ovary oblong, clothed with long 
rusty hairs; style 14 in. long, tapering from a thick base. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Londiani, 7500-8000 ft., Battiscombe, 4! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Kinga (Livingstone) Range, Kingobo 
Mountain, 4900 ft., Goetze, 1182. 
Native name “iuhanye.” Extremely close to P. leucoblepharum, Baker. 
23. P.leucoblepharis, Laker. A tree 12-15 ft. high. Branches 
ascending, dusky, glabrate, at first pubescent and leafy at the tip. 
Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5 in. long, 1 in. wide, obtuse, 
