or 
524 PROTEACES (Phillips & Hutchinzon). [Leveadendron. 
glabrous ; leaves overlapping, }—1 in. long, 1}—2 lin. broad, oblanceo- 
late or linear-oblanceolate, narrowed to the base, contracted at the 
apex into a subacute hardened glabrous mucro, rigidly coriaceous, 
densely adpressed-pubescent with silky hairs on both surfaces, 
glabrescent towards the margin; male inflorescence terminal, 
solitary, somewhat depressed-globose, ? in. in diam. ; bracts 1} lin. 
long, linear, acute, densely villous; perianth-tube 1) lin. long, 
pubescent above, glabrous below; segments 2 lin. long, villous ; 
limb } lin. long, oblong-linear, subacute, villous ; anthers 4. lin. 
long, linear; style 3 lin. long, cylindric above, linear below ; 
stigma } lin. long, clavate; female inflorescences terminal, sur- 
rounded by a few upper leaves, ellipsoid-globose, about } in. in 
diam. ; bracts 14 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, transversely oblong, villous, 
ciliate, very shortly and bluntly pointed ; perianth-segments villous ; 
style about 14 lin. long, linear ; stigma oblong, truncate ;— fruit 
ovoid-ellipsoid, 24 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, thinly villous. Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xiv. 216 (excl. syns.). L.? verticillatum, Meisn. Lc. 228. 
Protea verticillata, Thunb. Phytogr. Blaett. 12; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 136. Sorocephalus verticillatus, Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 1. 
391; Steud. Nomenel. ed. 2, ii. 401. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 8046! Thunberg ! 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; Zwartbosch Kraal, Schlechter, 5161! Paarl 
Div. ; between Mosselbanks River and Berg River, Burchell, 977! Cape Div. ; 
Koeberg, Pappe! between Koeberg and Drooge Valley, Zeyher, 4954 ! 
14. L. sericeum (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 65) ; branchlets 
erect, slender, shortly pubescent ; leaves 24-3 lin, long, $-} lin. 
broad, narrowly oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, 
adpressed silky pilose; male heads solitary or congested at the 
apices of the shoots, clasped but not overtopped by the upper leaves, 
surrounded by a distinct involucre of imbricate bracts, obovoid or 
obconic, about 34 lin. long and in diam. ; involucral bracts 3-4- 
seriate, ovate, caudate-acuminate, about 1} lin. long, scaly, minutely 
puberulous, very shortly ciliate ; floral bracts 3 lin. long, linear- 
oblanceolate, acute, shortly pubescent in the upper part on the 
outside, glabrous within ; perianth-tube 2 lin. long, cylindric, shortly 
villous ; segments spathulate, 1} lin. long, pubescent outside ; limb 
2 lin. long, lanceolate-elliptic, acute, pubescent outside ; anthers 
linear-oblong, } lin. long; style filiform, glabrous ; stigma small ; 
female flowers not known. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 225. Protea 
sericea, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 39; Linn. f. Syst. ed. xiv. 140; Suppl. 
118; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 136. 
SovrH Arica: without locality, Thunberg! and a specimen without collector's 
name, from Herb. Forsyth, at Kew ! 
_ Meisner, l.c. 223, referred Protea sericea, Thunb., doubtfully to L. salignum, 
R. Br, ; they are, however, quite distinct species. 
15. L. tortum (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 56) ; branchlets 
rather slender, subterete, thinly pubescent or glabrous ; leaves of 
