204 CXVII. PROTEACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). | Protea. 
26. P. madiensis, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 148, ¢. 92. A 
small tree. Branches terete, smooth, with a reddish-brown deciduous 
epidermis. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, tapering downwards, 6-8 
in. long, 2-3 in. wide, finely short adpressed-hairy on both surfaces, 
coriaceous ; nerves finely reticulate, equally prominent on both surfaces, 
marginal faint. Heads up to 4 in. in diam.,turbinate ; bracts glabres- 
cent, outer broadly ovate, obtuse, 3 lin. long, 5 lin. wide, innermost 
pink, linear, 3 in. long, 6 lin. wide. Perianth nearly 2 in. long, yellow, 
- “like a silvery sunflower” (Grant), or reddish, densely villous below, 
glabrous or sparingly pilose above. Anthers linear, 34 lin. long; con- 
nective produced into a short triangular appendage. Ovary densely 
clothed with rusty hairs.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 103, 115, B. 150, C. 
165; var. latifolia, Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 180. P. sp., T. Thoms. in 
Speke, Nile, Append. 645. 
Nile Land. Sudan: on high ground above the river Biri near Dem Zubeit, 
Bahr-el-Ghazel, Broun! Bongo: Sabbi, Schweinfurth, 2669! Niamniam: Tu- 
hami’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 3803! Nganje, Schweinfurth, 3940! Uganda: Madi 
woods, Speke & Grant, 673! Ankole and Koki, Dawe, 420! British East Africa, 
Powell, 28! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 {t., Scott-Elliot, 
8114! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Zomba, Kerr Cross, 15! Manganja 
Hills, Meller! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte! Namasi, Cameron, 44! 
South-west slope of hills opposite Shibisa, Kirk! Portuguese East Africa: between 
Unangu and Lake Shire, 3000-4500 ft., Johnson ! 
Forma pilosa, Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii, 130. A tree about 8 ft. high. Branches and 
leaves rather densely ashy-pilose. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Ugoni, on the Makorro Mountains, 
between Njuga and the Likonde River, Busse, 741. 
The variety latifolia is stated by Engler to differ from the type in having 
broader leaves and the perianth almost glabrous above. The specimen of the type 
at Kew has the perianth very sparingly pilose above, not densely so as shown in the 
figure of it (l.c.). 
Native names “ m’zaza” and “ king-geezee.’”’ 
27. P. chionantha, var. typica, “ngl. d Gilg in Bawm, Kunene- 
Samb. Eaped. 225. A small shrub. Branches glabrous. Leaves 
obovate to oblong, rounded (very rarely subacute) at the apex, long 
cuneate at the base, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 
on both surfaces; nerves very numerous, closely reticulate, equally 
prominent on both surfaces; marginal nerves 2, thick. Heads 5 in. 
in diam., solitary at the ends of branches; bracts numerous, strongly 
imbricate, outer ovate, subacute, 7 lin. long and wide, densely white 
silky but becoming glabrous near the apex outside, glabrous and white 
within, innermost oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 24 in. long, 
about 9 lin. wide. Perianth 2} in. long, very densely white-tomentose. 
Style after flowering almost woody, pungent.—Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 
130. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: between the Chimpungu and Kulei Rivers, 4580 ft., 
Baum, 863 ! 
Var. divaricata, Engl. & Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb, Exped. 226. <A divaricate 
