542 PROTEACE® (Phillips & Hutchinson). [ Zewcadendron. 
almost hidden by the closely overlapping leaves; leaves subequal, 
those surrounding the inflorescence becoming bract-like and broaden- 
ing at the base, 1-1? in. long, 14-3 lin. broad, linear-oblong or 
slightly linear-oblanceolate, acute or subacute at the apex, coriaceous, 
longitudinally wrinkled or striate, densely ciliate, otherwise thinly 
pubescent; male inflorescence solitary and terminal, quite hidden 
by the surrounding bract-like leaves, about 4 lin. in diam., sub- 
globose ; floral bracts 14 lin. long, oblong, rounded at the apex, 
glabrous, ciliate ; perianth-tube # lin. long, subcompressed, glabrous ; 
segments 1 lin. long, spathulate-linear, glabrous ; limb $ lin. long, 
linear, obtuse or subobtuse; anthers } lin. long, linear ; style 
1} lin. long, filiform, glabrous; stigma } lin. long, clavate ; hypo- 
gynous scales } lin. long, filiform ; female inflorescence nearly 3 in, 
long, 5 lin. in diam., oblong-ellipsoid ; bracts 14 lin. long, 4 lin. 
broad, transversely linear-oblong, rounded above, glabrous ; perianth- 
segments 2 lin. long, linear, glabrous ; limb } lin. long, ovate, sub- 
obtuse, concave ; staminodes } lin. long, linear ; style 1} lin. long, 
linear ; stigma truncate, terminal; ovary } lin. long, oblong, much 
compressed. IL. decorum, var. minus, Buek in Drége, Zwei Pf. 
Documente, 116, 198. L. pubescens, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 226, 
as to prec. syn., not of R. Br. 
Var. 8, glabrescens (Phillips & Hutchinson) ; branchlets shortly adpressed- 
pubescent ; leaves glabrous or nearly so, except for the shortly pubescent margin. 
Coast Recion: Caledon Div. ; tops of the mountains of Baviaans Kloof near 
Genadendal, Burchell, 7676! Genadendal, Drége! Var. 8: Caledon Div. ; 
Donker Hoek Mountain, Burchell, 8006! 
43, L. lanigerum (Buek in Drage, Zwei Pf. Documente, 198) ; 
branchlets terete, rather densely pubescent with weak hairs; leaves 
subequal in the two sexes, 3-1} in. long, 14-2 lin. broad, narrowly 
lanceolate or oblong-linear, obtuse at the apex, rigidly coriaceous, 
thinly pilose, at length nearly glabrous ; male inflorescences solitary 
and terminal, surrounded by several leaves, $—} in. in diam., sub- 
globose ; bracts # lin. long, elliptic, obtuse, villous ; perianth-tube 
1 lin. long, cylindric, glabrous; segments 1} lin. long, spathulate- 
linear, glabrous; limb # lin. long, oblong, subacute, glabrous ; 
anthers 3 lin. long, linear; style 2} lin. long, cylindric, glabrous ; 
stigma } lin. long, clavate, subacute ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, 
linear ; female inflorescences solitary at the apices of branchlets 
which arise from below the old persistent heads, nearly hidden by 
the surrounding leaves, about the same size and shape as the male ; 
bracts 14 lin. long, 2} lin. broad, subquadrangular, tomentose; 
perianth-segments 1} lin. long, linear, glabrous ; limb } lin. long, 
oblong-ovate, obtuse ; staminodes } lin. long, linear ; hypogynous 
scales } lin. long, linear ; style 1} lin. long, linear, widened above ; 
stigma oblique ; ovary } lin. long, subglobose, compressed, with a 
broad marginal wing. “Meisn, in DO. Prodr. xiv. 222 (by error 
lanigenum). L. floridum, Drége ex Meisn. l.c., not of R. Br. 
