530 PROTEACE# (Phillips & Hutchinson). [ Zewcadendron. 
obtusely acuminate, pubescent, ciliate ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, 
ventricose below, covered with very long hairs; segments 4} lin. 
long, linear, pilose with long hairs ; limb 4 lin. long, oblong-linear, 
acute, glabrous; anthers } lin. long, linear; style 3} lin. long, 
filiform-cylindric, narrowed to the base, glabrous ; stigma not seen ; 
ovary } lin. long, ellipsoid, glabrous ; mature heads subglobose, 
villous ; fruits transversely ellipsoid, 3 lin. long, 34 lin. broad, 
not winged. L. buxifolium, var. dubium, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 
215. 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; near Honig Valley and Koude Berg, Drege! 
near Ezelsbank, Drége! Schlechter, 8302! 8803! Sneeuwkop, Bodkin in Herb. 
Bolus, 9077 ! 
24. L. imbricatum (R. Br. in Trans, Linn. Soc. x. 55); branchlets 
terete, glabrous or finely puberulous; leaves of the male smaller 
than those of the female, the former 3-4 lin. long, 1—1} lin. broad, 
narrowly lanceolate, the latter 3—? lin. long, 14-2 lin. broad, nar- 
rowly oblong, all obtuse or subacute, very thick and coriaceous, 
glabrous, wrinkled when dry; male inflorescences crowded, nearly 
+ in. in diam., transversely ellipsoid or obovoid; bracts 1} lin. 
long, lanceolate, subobtuse, villous, ciliate; perianth-tube 1 lin. 
long, minutely pubescent; segments 24 lin. long, pubescent ; 
limb 3 lin. long, oblong, subacute ; anthers } lin. long, linear ; 
style 34 lin. long, very densely hairy on the lowermost third, 
filiform above; stigma 1 lin. long, clavate-cylindric, obtuse ; 
hypogynous scales 1 lin. long, linear ; female inflorescences about 
5 lin. in diam., subglobose; bracts 2 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, 
tomentose, very minutely ciliate ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, com- 
pressed, curved, pubescent above, glabrous below ; segments 1} lin. 
long, pubescent; limb } lin. long, oblong, subacute, pubescent ; 
staminodes } lin. long, linear ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, linear, 
acuminate, acute; style 24 lin. long, cylindric, furrowed above, 
glabrous ; stigma } lin. long, subclavate ; ovary 1} lin. long, ovoid, 
covered with long white hairs. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 214, 
excl. spec. Ludwig, var. dregeanum and part of var. canaliculatum. 
L, buxifolium, R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 55; Meisn. le. 215, 
excl. vars. L.canaliculatum, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 
198, partly, as to Drege g et 9 a. L. angustatum, E. Meyer, l.c- 
113, 198, not of R. Br. L.% leve, Meisn. lc. 227. Protea levis, 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 133. P. (Leucadendron imbricatum), 
Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 557. P. imbricata, Poir. ex Ind. Kew. u- 
632. P. Wendlandi, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 556. P. imbricata, 
Wendl. Hort. Hervenhaus. t. 14, eacl. syn., fide Meisn. lc. 215. P- 
polygaloides, Willd. ex Meisn. lc. P. cinerea, Willd. Herb. ex Meisn. — 
lc. (not Willd. Sp. Pl.). P. levisana, Linn. Herb. ex Meisn. l.c., not 
Linn. Syst. . 
a Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Niven in Herb. Stock- 
m 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Vogelfontein, Schlechter, 8519! 8520! 
