Leucadendron.| PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson). 531 
Piquetberg Div. ; near Piquetberg Road. Tyson, 2292! Malmesbury Div. ; Zwart- 
land, Zeyher! Pappe! between Groene Kloof and Saldanaha Bay, Drége! Tulbagh 
Div. ; Saron, Schlechter, 10635! 10636! Vogelvalley, Pappe! Worcester Div. ; 
by the Doorn River, near Mordkuil, Boschjesveld Range, Drége! Cape Div. ; 
between Paarde Berg and Tiger Berg, Ludwig! Swellendam Div. ; Pappe! 
The specimen in Herb. Stuttgart collected by Ludwig at Kars River and quoted 
by Meisner under this species is L. tortum, R. Br. 
25. L. pubescens (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 66); branchlets 
slender, terete, shortly pubescent or tomentellous ; leaves 3—1 in. 
long, 1}-3 lin. broad, oblanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, con- 
tracted at the apex into a very short hardened subacute mucro, 
rather rigidly coriaceous, papillose and sometimes very sparingly 
pubescent on both surfaces, with distinct ascending nerves ; male 
inflorescence terminal, solitary, surrounded by a distinct involucre 
of bracts, about 5 lin. in diam., subglobose ; involucral bracts 
about 24 lin. long, oblong, the outer acuminate, obtuse, pubescent, 
long ciliate ; floral bracts 1} lin. long, linear, subobtuse, densely 
ciliate at the apex only ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, pilose ; segments 
1} lin. long, spathulate-linear, pilose; limb 3 lin. long, linear, 
obtuse, glabrous; anthers ? lin. long, linear ; style 2 lin. long, 
filiform, long-pilose ; stigma } lin. long, cylindric, obtuse. Meisn. 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. 226. LL. globularia, R. Br. lc. 65; Meisn. l.c. 
L.? acutum, Meisn. lc. 228. Protea globularia, Lam. Iil. i. 236, 
t. 53, fig. 2. P. virgata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 133. P. 
(Leucadendron pubescens), Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 559. 
SourH AFRICA : without locality, Drége! Thunberg! Roxburgh | 
Coast Re@ion: Piquetberg Div. ; Piqueniers Kloof, Schlechter, 7942! Tulbagh 
Div. ; between New Kloof and Elands Kloof, Drege ! 
26. L. coriaceum (Phillips & Hutchinson); branches terete,. 
shortly pubescent or glabrous ; leaves subequal in both sexes, 4—7 
lin. long, 2-3} lin. broad, oblanceolate or spathulate-obovate,. 
rounded into a very obtuse mucro at the apex, rigidly or thickly 
coriaceous, glabrous; male inflorescences solitary and terminal, 
scarcely } in. in diam., subdepressed-globose ; bracts 1 lin. long, 
lanceolate, subobtuse ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, tubular, pilose 
above, glabrous below; segments 2 lin. long, spathulate-linear, 
adpressed-pilose ; limb 3 lin. long, oblong, subacute, pubescent ; 
anthers } lin. long, linear ; style 2} lin. long, cylindric, with very 
long hairs at the base; stigma 1 lin. long, ellipsoid, subacute ; 
hypogynous scales 1} lin. long, filiform; female inflorescences 
similar to the male but nearly hidden by the upper leaves; 
bracts 2 lin. long, ovate, acuminate, villous, ciliate ; perianth- 
segments 3} lin. long, spathulate-linear, villous above, glabrous 
below; limb } lin, long, oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, villous ; 
staminodes } lin. long, linear ; hypogynous scales 1} lin. long, 
linear, long-acuminate, acute ; style 24 lin. long, linear, glabrous, 
inserted laterally ; stigma oblique; ovary 4 lin. long, compressed, 
winged, produced abvve into 2 flat membranous horns. 
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