Lewadendron.| PROTEACES (Phillips & Hutchinson). 527 
dendron scabrum), Poir, Encycl. Suppl. iv. 559. P. scabra, Poir. ex 
Ind. Kew. ii. 633. P. thyoides, Smith ea Meisn. Lc. 
Sout Arrica : without locality, Mund! 
Coast Reeton: Caledon Div. ; Zoetemelks River, Bowie! Uniondale Div. ; 
Lange Kloof, Bowie ! 
19. L. corymbosum (Berg. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1766, 
325); branches straight, terete, rather sparingly pubescent ; young 
branchlets clustered, pubescent ; leaves ericoid or acicular, those 
of the male smaller than those of the female, the former 3-5 lin. 
long, the latter }—} in. long, all acute or subacute and glabrous 
except those at the apices of barren branchlets which are pilose 
with long weak spreading hairs; male inflorescences terminal on 
short lateral branchlets, often subcorymbosely arranged, subglobose, 
4—5 lin. in diam. ; bracts } lin. long, ovate, subacute, long-ciliate ; 
perianth-tube # lin. long, cylindric, pilose above ; segments 1 lin. 
long, spathulate-linear, pilose in the lower part ; limb } lin. long, 
oblong-elliptic, obtuse, glabrous ; anthers } lin. long, oblong ; style 
1} lin. long, filiform, glabrous ; stigma } lin. long, clavate ; hypo- 
gynous scales } lin. long, filiform ; female inflorescences arranged 
similarly to the males, surrounded by a few leaves, 5-7 lin. in 
diam. ; bracts 3} lin. long, obovate, ligulate in the upper half, 
obtuse, densely pilose outside, glabrescent towards the tips ; 
perianth-tube 1? lin. long, split and glabrous below, villous above ; 
segments 1 lin. long, linear, pilose or villous ; limb } lin. long, oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, glabrous ; staminodes } lin. long, linear ; style 
1? lin. long, filiform, bent below and obliquely inserted on the 
ovary; stigma } lin. long; ovary 2 lin. long, oblong, hirsute ; 
hypogynous scales } lin. long, linear; fruiting heads turbinate, 
about }# in. long and }—} in. in diam.; fruits obovoid, shortly 
pointed, 2} lin. long, 14 lin. broad, not winged, pilose near the 
base. Berg. Descr. Pl. Cap. 21; R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soe. x. 57 ; 
Bot. Reg. t. 402; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 217, L. linifolium, 
R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 216; Meisn. le. 228. Protea corym- 
bosa, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 29 ; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 518; Thunb. Fl. Cap. 
ed. Schult. 129; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 495. P. bruniades, Linn. f. 
Suppl. 117. P. linifolia, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. i. t. 26. P. bruniz- 
folia, Knight, Prot. 32. P. ericwefolia, Willd. ex Meisn, l.c, 218. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thom! Thunberg! Ludwig, 15! Masson! 
Roxburgh! Niven, Ecklon, Gueinzius. 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh Div. ; Tulbagh, Pappe! Ceres Road, Schlechter, 9076 ! 
9077! Mitchells Pass, Bolus, 7450! Worcester Div.; near Darling Bridge, Bolus, 
2787 ! Paarl Div. ; between Paarl and French Hoek, Drége! near Paarl, Burchell, 
961! Klapmuts, Rehmann, 2268! Bredasdorp Div.; near Elim, Bolus, 7856! 
Schlechter, 7617 |! Swellendam Div.; near Breede River, Thunberg ! 
20. L. fusciflora (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 216); a shrub 
4—5 ft. high, many-stemmed and much-branched ; branches erect ; 
young branchlets rather slender, minutely pubescent or puberulous ; 
