Leucadendron.| PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson). 545 
what flattened, minutely bifid at the apex ; ovary } lin. long, sub- 
orbicular ; fruiting head oblong-cylindric, about 2 in. long and 
1} in. in diam. ; bracts glabrous or nearly so; fruit compressed, 
obovate, emarginate, about 3 lin. long and 3} lin. broad, winged, 
glabrous. Meisn. in DOC. Prodr. xiv. 219. L. decorum, var. 
zeyherianum, Meisn. l.c. 218, partly, as to part of Zeyher, 3635. 
Protea arcuata, Lam. Ill. i. 234, exel. var. 8% P. obliqua a, Poir. 
Encycl. v. 642% excl. syn. Thunb., Linn. & Boerh. P. strobilina, 
Linn. Mant. alt. 192, ea Brown, l.c., not of Thunb. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Niven! Ludwig! Brown! Forster! Hooker | 
Roxburgh! 
Coast Reaion: Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Caledon Div. ; Donker 
Hook Mountain, Burchell, 7987 ! mountains near Grietjes Gat, Zeyher, 3635 ! 
49. L. retusum (R.Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 53); branchlets 
terete, shortly tomentellous ; leaves 1-14 in. long, 4—54 lin. broad, 
oblanceolate, rounded’ and retuse at the apex, thinly and rigidly 
coriaceous, prominently veined, slightly glaucous, glabrous; male 
flowers not known ; female fruiting head a little over 1 in. in diam., 
broadly ovoid, surrounded by several leaves narrowed to the base ; 
bracts densely rusty-villous in the lower, tomentellous in the upper 
half ; perianth-tube 3 lin. long, globose, membranous, glabrous ; 
segments 3} lin. long, linear, with a single furrow, villous in the 
lower part, becoming glabrous above; limb } lin. long, oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous ; staminodes } lin. long, linear; style 2 lin. long, 
filiform, glabrous ; stigma ? lin. long, linear, unequally bifid at the 
apex ; fruit 34-4 lin. long, broadly obovoid, glabrous. E. Meyer in 
Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 97, 198 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 213. 
Protea retusa, Poir. Encyel. Suppl. iv. 555. 
Coast Recion: Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, Drége, a! Piquetberg Div. ; 
Twenty-four Rivers, Roxburgh, 3! 
50. L. ovale (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 59); a shrub; 
branches terete, shortly tomentose ; leaves 14-2 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad, those around the inflorescence a little longer, obovate or 
obovate-elliptic, rounded to an obtuse callous apex, rigidly coria- 
ceous, very minutely papillose all over, otherwise glabrous, with 
about 5 distinct ascending nerves; male heads not known; female 
heads nearly hidden by the surrounding leaves, ellipsoid-globose, 
1} in. long, 1} in. in diam, ; floral bracts 5 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, 
ovate, subacute, pubescent on the outside; perianth-tube 4 lin. 
long, ventricose at the base, pubescent ; lobes 14 lin. long, glabrous ; 
limb $ lin. long, ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; staminodes } lin. long, 
linear ; style 34 lin. long ; stigma slightly bifid at the apex ; ovary 
about 1 lin. in diam., orbicular; fruits winged. Meisn. in DC. 
Prodr. xiv. 219, excl. var. L. rubrum, Burm. f. Fl. Cap. Prodr. 4, 
name only. Protea strobilina, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 54; Fl. Cap. ed. 
Schult. 136, not of Linn. Conocarpodendron ; acaulon ; folio rigido, 
etc., Boerh. Ind. Alt. Pl. Hort. Lugd. Bat. ii. t. 201. 
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