Leucadendron.|  PROTEACE# (Phillips & Hutchinson), 543 
Var. 8, levigatum (Meisn. l.c.) ; branches shortly pubescent ; leaves glabrous or’ 
nearly so, except when quite young. L. heterophyllum, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei 
Pf. Documente, 114, 198, L. rubricallosum, Buek in Dréye, Zwei PA. Doeumente, 
198. L. xmulum, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb, xxvii. 113, not of R. Br. : 
Coast Recion: Paarl Div. ; between Mosselbanks River and Berg River, 
Burchell, 978! Paarl Mountain, Dréye! Stellenbosch Div. ; between Lowrys Pass 
and Jonkers Hoek, Burchell, 8310! Var. 8: Tulbagh Div. ; Mosterts Hoek, 
Pappe! Mitchells Pass, Bolus, 5227! Ceres Road, Schlechter, 8971! 8972? 
Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Dréye, d! 
CenTRAL Recion: Var. 6: Ceres Div.; between Hex River Mountains and 
the Warm Bokkeveld, Dé ye ! 
44. L. crassifolium (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 66) ; branches 
glabrous, glaucous; leaves 24-3) in. long, 1? in. broad at the 
widest part, obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed to the base, 
coriaceous, glabrous ; female head (in damaged condition) almost 
hidden by the upper leaves. Meisn. in DO. Prodr. xiv. 226. 
Protea crassifolia, Poir. Encyel. Suppl. iv. 557. 
Soutu Arrica: without locality, Masson ! 
45. L. spathulatum (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 54) ; branches 
glabrous, purplish ; leaves 14-2} in. long, 4—7 lin. broad, falcate, 
spathulate-oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, attenuated to the base, 
with a narrow cartilaginous margin, glabrous, with indistinct 
nerves ; male heads about 8 lin. long, globose, surrounded at the 
base by a few imbricate ovate subacuminate slightly acute glabrous 
ciliate bracts ; perianth-limb 1} lin. long, obtuse, glabrous ; anthers 
1 lin. long; stigma clavate; female heads (in fruit) subglobose, 
1}-14 in. in diam. ; involucral bracts lanceolate, subacute, up to 
4 in. long, glabrous except on the ciliate margin ; floral bracts very 
broadly ovate, densely rusty-villous in the lower part, with 
glabrous tips and margin ; perianth-tube 2} lin. long, membranous, 
glabrous ; segments 64 lin. long, villous in the lower half; limb 
1 lin. long, elliptic, obtuse, glabrous; staminodes } lin. long, 
oblong; style 43 lin. long, bifid at the apex, glabrous; fruit. 
transversely ellipsoid, not winged, 2? lin. long, 3 lin. broad, slightly 
pilose. E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 77,199, partly, as to 
spec. Drége,b; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 213, partly, exel. spec. 
Ludwig. Protea mutica, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 555. 
. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Nelson! Thunberg! Roxburgh ! 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div.; Jackals Vley, Niven! Tulbagh Div. - 
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Witzen Berg, Zeyher, 1454! Pappe! between New Kloof and Elands Kloof, 
Drége, b! 
46. L. pseudospathulatum (Phillips & Hutchinson) ; branchlets: 
slightly suleate, glabrous; leaves 1-1} in. long, 5-7 lin. broad, 
obovate or oblanceolate, rounded to a subacute apex, narrowed to 
and trinerved at the base, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both 
surfaces, with a thin cartilaginous margin ; male heads depressed- 
