510 PROTEACE# (Phillips & Hutchinson). 
Lower leaves less than 24 in. long, rarely with distinct 
nervation ; male heads nuch smaller, usually less 
than 1 in, in diam. : ; 
Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, $-1 in. broad, 
strongly nerved ... és, = Rvs ai 
Leaves oblanceolate, linear-oblanceolate or linear, 
4 in. broad or less, without distinct nervation : 
Leaves acute or acutely mucronate, the inner of 
those surrounding the male heads more or 
less broadened at the base and sub-bracteate, 
but without a definite involucre of bracts 
closely adpressed to the flowers within : 
Leaves acute or with a short apiculus, those 
surrounding the male inflorescence not 
exceeding it by more than twice; male 
perianth-tube hairy ... ane “Xs 
Leaves with a long apiculus, those surrounding 
the male inflorescence exceeding it by 
more than twice; male perianth - tube 
glabrous Pe ene Be vee ne 
Leaves obtuse or subobtuse, sometimes with a 
blunt callose apiculus, those surrounding the 
male heads narrowed to the base, often with 
a definite involucre of closely imbricate bracts 
within : 
Male perianth-limb glabrous ; male heads ovoid, 
oblong-cylindric or obconic, usually with 
a distinct involucre of several series of 
bracts : 
Male heads oblong-cylindrie or obconic ; 
female bracts ovate-lanceolate, the inner 
long villous ss or een 
Male heads ovoid ; female bracts broader than 
long, truncate or emarginate, glabrous ... 
Male perianth-limb hairy ; male heads (where 
known) depressed-globose or subglobose, 
with a more or less indistinet involucre of 
few series of bracts (conspicuous in 9, 
schinzianum) : 
Lower leaves narrowly linear or subacicular, 
not widened in the upper part ... 
Lower leaves oblanceolate or linear-oblan- 
ceolate, widened in the upper part : 
Female heads large, 2-24 in.indiam. ... 
Female heads (where known) less than 
14 in. in diam. : 
Leaves more or less densely tomentose ; 
female heads depressed-globose or 
subobconic ; female bracts as long as 
or longer than broad, the outer ones 
usually pointed: 
Leaves surrounding the inflorescence 
usually much larger than those 
below ; outer involucral bracts of 
the female heads numerous and 
acuminate, inner obovate and 
subacute : 
[ Leucadendron. 
(2) nervosum. 
(8) uliginosum. 
(4) salignum. 
(5) plumosum. 
(42) minus. 
(6) aurantiacum. 
(7) proteoides. 
