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Leucadendron.| PROTEACE& (Phillips & Hutchinson). 541 
rescence solitary at the apex of each main shoot, with the surround- 
ing leaves much attenuated to the base, broadly ovoid, or ovoid- 
cylindric, about # in. long and in diam. ; bracts 24-3} lin. long, 
transversely oblong or very broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent below, 
ciliate ; perianth-tube 3 lin. long, flattened, pilose ; segments 14 lin. 
long, spathulate-linear, glabrous ; limb # lin. long, lanceolate, 
obtuse, glabrous ; staminodes } lin. long, linear ; hypogynous scales 
} lin. long, linear ; style 34 lin. long, linear, slightly sinuate below, 
glabrous ; stigma flat, oblique ; ovary 1 lin. long, ellipsoid, villous. 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr, xiv. 220. L. pyramidale, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 
ii, 35; Meisn. lc. 228. L. spathulatum, Meisn. Ic. 213, as to 
spec. Ludwig. L. glaberrimum, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 111. 
Protea pallens, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 53, partly. P. pyramidalis, 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 135. P. chamelea, Lam. Ill. i. 2371 
(teste Meisn.), 
South Arrica: withont locality, Brown! Ludwig! Thunberg ! 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; near Kromme River, 2900 ft., Bolus, 5785 ! 
$393 ! Sneeuw Kop, Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 9078! Piquetberg Div. ; Piquet Berg, 
Schlechter, 5227 !° Bodkin in Herb, Bolus, 7560! Tulbagh Div. ; Ceres Road, 
Schlechter, 8990! 8991! Tulbagh, Pappe! Witzen Berg, Pappe! Worcester Div. ; 
between Slangenheuvel, Frenchhoek and Donkerhoek, Dréye! Hex River Valley, 
Wolley-Dod, 4042! Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, Bowie! George Div. ; on moun- 
tains, Bowie ! 
CrentTRAL Recion: Ceres Div. ; Cold Bokkeveld, Schlechter, 8916! 
41. L. glabrum (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 60); a shrub; 
branches quite glabrous and purplish ; leaves 2-2} in. long, 3-4 
lin. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rigid, glabrous, with 
indistinct nerves and purplish margins; male heads ovoid-globose, 
about } in. in diam., surrounded by a few leaves and fewer glabrous 
ciliate bracts ; perianth-tube 1 lin. long, glabrous ; segments # lin. 
long, spathulate, glabrous ; limb $ lin. long, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 
glabrous ; anthers } lin. long ; style glabrous; stigma } lin. long, 
clavate ; female inflorescence about } in. long and scarcely } in. in 
diam., bracteate at the base; involucral bracts ovate, ciliate, 
otherwise glabrous ; floral bracts transversely oblong, 1} lin. long, 
about 3 lin. broad, glabrous except on the shortly ciliate margin ; 
perianth-segments free to the base, 14 lin, long, spathulate-linear, 
glabrous ; limb } lin. long, obtuse ; staminodes } lin. long, elliptic ; 
style 1} lin. long; stigma lateral, clavate, glabrous ; ovary oblong, 
produced at each side into a short point, glabrous; fruiting head 
about 2 in. long and 1} in. in diam. ; bracts spreading, truncate, 
glabrous ; fruit suborbicular, eompressed, winged, emarginate, 3 lin. 
broad, glabrous and shining. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 220, excl. 
vars. 
Coast Rearon: Caledon Div. ; Klein River Mountains, Zeyher, 3642 ! 
42. L. minus (Phillips & Hutchinson) ; a shrub about 4 ft. high; 
branches ascending; young branchlets terete, densely villous, 
