Tas. 8793. 
PROTEA LonGIFoLtia. 
South Africa, 
PRoTEACEAE, ‘Tribe Prorgar. 
Protea, Lin. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p- 169, 
Protea longifolia, Andy. Bot. Rep. t. 182; R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Sor. 
vol, x. p. 83, partim; Meisn. in? DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 238, partim ; 
Phillips & Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. v. sect. i. p. 574; inter species 
gregis Ligulatarwm foliis angustis et perianthii aristis longissimis distincta. 
Frutex 1 m, vel paulo ultra 2 m. altus, ramis minute tomentellis vel glabres- 
centibus. Folia anguste loricata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi longe 
attenuata, 7-17 cm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata, supra pennivenia, glabra. 
Capitula sessilia, 10-15 cm. longa, circiter 10 cm. diametro, bracteis 
involucri 9-10-seriatis glabris, exterioribus ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis 
viridibus apice saepe nigro-maculatis, interioribus lamina lanceolata 
sensim in unguem abeunte flores aequante vel iis breviore. Perianthii 
vagina 5 cm. longa, basi dilatata et 3-carinata, pubescens nisi inferne 
demum glabrata; labium paulo ultra 5:5 cm. longum, dorso excepto 
villosulum vel albo-villosulim, 3-partitum (8-aristatum), segmentis (aristis) 
lateralibus ad 8 cm. longis linearibus longe villosis pilis inferioribus 
albidis superioribus atro-purpureis vel nigris, segmento medio (arista 
media) 8 mm. longo, tenuiter filiformi sursum nigro-piloso. Stamina 
fertilia 3, filamentis 1 mm. longis, antheris linearibus 7 mm. longis apice 
_ glandulis ovato-lanceolatis breviter acute acuminatis munitis; stamen 
sterile filamento filiformi, anthera lineari eglandulosa. Ovarium 5 mm. 
longum, dense rufo-tomentosum; stylus 5 em. longus, pubescens, teres 
nisi basi subcompressus et ibi ventro tumidus; stigma 5-6 mm. longum, 
obtusum, bene geniculatum et curvatum.—P. coronata, Lam. Ill. vol. i. 
p. 236, pro parte. P. dodoneaefolia, Buek ex Meisn. l.c. p. 239(2). P. 
vidua, dawl. Recens. p. 39. Hrodendrum longipenne, Knight, Post. p. 35, 
qeptdecepodeidron foliis angustis, etc., Boerh. Ind. Pl. Hort. Ludg. Bat. 
vol, ii. p. 186, t. 186.—O. Srapr, 
Protea longifolia, the subject of our plate, has had 
Holland, on the boundary of the ‘Stellenbosch and 
Caledon divisions of Cape Colony. The field-notes at his 
disposal enabled him to state that there it is rare, grows 
on mountain-slopes, has wide-spreading roots, a trunk 
about as thick as one’s arm, which branches about 
JanuaRy-Marcg, 1919, 
