208 CXVII, PROTEACEZ (BAKER AND WRIGHT). { Faurea. 
Leaves not more than 33 in. long. 
Leaves 9 lin. wide. 6. 
Leaves 12-15 lin. wide ie 
Leaves ovate-elliptic to elliptic. 
Perianth pubescent outside : . 5 . 8. F. decipiens. 
Perianth densely tomentose outside 9. F. speciosa. 
F. usambarensis, 
F. arborea. 
1. F. racemosa, Farmar in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 58. Branches 
greyish, rough. Leaves rather closely placed, broadly lanceolate, 
acute, tapering towards the base, 34 in. long, 14 in. wide, quite glab- 
rous on both surfaces, shining above; lateral nerves slender but promi- 
nent on both surfaces, connected by intramarginal loops; petiole 2-3 
lin. long, compressed. Raceme dense, about 5 in. long; rhachis rusty 
pubescent ; pedicels patulous, rusty pubescent, 1-2 lin. long; bracts 
minute, deltoid, apiculate, rusty pubescent. Perianth 6 lin. long, 
glabrous; tube 1 lin. in diam. at the base; lobes 14 lin. long, 1 lin. 
wide, navicular, acute. Anthers slightly shorter than the perianth- 
lobes, apiculate; filaments 1 lin. long, complanate. Hypogynous scales 
3 lin. long, triangular, shortly and acutely bifid. Ovary ovoid, clothed 
with hairs thrice its length ; style slightly shorter than the perianth, 
sulcate. 
Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland: Mount Mlanje, 7000 ft., Adamson, 338! 
2, F. discolor, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 64. A shrub 
usually about 6 ft. high, rarely a tree 8 ft. high. Branches terete, 
densely pubescent and pilose when young, glabrous in age. Leaves 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 34 in. long, 1 in. wide, acute or obtuse, 
upper surface at first finely adpressed pubescent, at length glabrous 
and shining, under surface permanently grey pubescent ; lateral nerves 
numerous, slightly ascending, looping just within the slightly revolute 
margin. Spikes terminal on the branches, about 4 in. long, dense ; 
peduncle short, pubescent, with or without a few distant scales; 
bracteoles small, spreading, shortly acuminate from a broad base. 
Perianth 4-5 lin. long, slightly curved, pubescent ; lobes 14 lin. long. 
Anthers shortly apiculate. Hypogynous scales 4 lin. long, deltoid, 
acute. Ovary conical, bearded with hairs two to three times as long as 
itself ; style about as long as the periauth; stigma narrowly clavate, 
obtuse, obscurely angled.—Hiern in Cat. Afr, Pl. Welw. i. 921; Engl. 
Jahrb. xxviii. 380, and xxx. 300; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla, in mixed sandy woods between Lopollo and 
Nene, Welwitsch, 1594! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Uhehe, Matanana Plateau, 5000- 
6000 ft., Goetze, 738. 
Var. cyclolepra, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 922. Hypogynoas scales 
rounded, obtuse, semicircular. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla: in rocky places near Nene, Welwitsch, 1595! 
The connection between the shape of the leaf-apex and the hypogynous scales is 
not constant, the Kew specimen of Welwitsch’s 1595 having both obtuse and acute 
leaves on the same branch. 
