548 pROTEACEA: (Phillips & Hutchinson). [| Zewcadendron. 
2255! Tulbagh Waterfall, Schlechter, 9010! $011! Phillips, 526! New Kloof, 
Burchell, 9971! Stellenbosch Div. ; Lowrys Pass, Burchell, 8206! Bolus, 5554! 
Hottentots Kloof, Pearson, 4905! 4923! Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, MacOwan, 
Herb, Austr.-Afr., 1521! Houw Hoek, Ludwig! Var. B: Caledon Div. ; Little 
Houw Hoek, Zeyher, 3637 ! 
54. L. daphnoides (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 226) ; branches 
terete, densely and softly pubescent ;. leaves 13-2} in. long, 4-7 
lin. broad, lanceolate, contracted at the apex into an obtuse mucro, 
coriaceous, densely and softly pubescent on both surfaces or nearly 
glabrous, with 2-3 distinct lateral nerves on each side of the 
midrib ; male inflorescence solitary, terminal, depressed-globose, 
about 14 in. in diam., surrounded by leaves broadened at the base, 
and about 2 series of broad mucronate imbricate bracts ; floral 
bracts about 4 in. long, 1} lin. broad, spathulate-oblanceolate, acute, 
glabrous within, tawny-villous in the lower half on the outside, 
long ciliate in the lower three-fourths ; perianth-tube 3 lin. long, 
narrowly obconic, sparingly pilose; segments 3 lin. long, linear ; 
limb 24 lin. long, linear, obtuse, glabrous ; anthers 2 lin. long, 
linear; style about 5 lin. long, terete, sparingly pubescent below ; 
stigma not seen ; female inflorescence solitary, terminal, surrounded 
by numerous coloured overlapping leaves, a little over | in. in 
diam., subglobose ; bracts 7 lin. long, ovate, acute, densely pilose 
with long hairs below, glabrous above ; perianth-tube 5 lin. long, 
compressed, very densely pilose ; lobes 21 lin. long, spathulate- 
linear, villous below; limb 1 lin. long, linear, obtuse, glabrous ; 
staminodes } lin. long, linear ; style 7 lin. long, terete, gradually 
thickening above, glabrous; stigma deeply 2-lobed. L. concolor, 
vars. insigne and lanceolatum, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 219. L. 
grandiflorum, Buek in Drége, Zwei Pfl. Docwmente, 198, not of R. Br. 
L. retusum, Drége, fide Meisn. l.c., not of R. Br. Protea daphnoides, 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 134. 
Sour AFrica : without locality, Thunberg! Ludwig ! 
Coast Region: Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, Drége, 586b! French Hoek, 
MacOwan, Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr. 906! 907! 
55. L. grandiflorum (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 59) ; a shrub 
about 4 ft. high, erect; branchlets softly tomentose or pubescent ; 
leaves 1-2} in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, those surrounding the in- 
florescence attaining 3 in. long, all oblanceolate, constricted into an 
obtuse apex, distinctly 3-5-nerved from near the base, coriaceous, 
glabrous ; male inflorescence depressed-globose, 14-2 in. in diam., 
surrounded by an involucre of 5-6-seriate closely imbricate 
coloured bracts; involucral bracts broadly ovate, glabrous ; floral 
bracts 44-6 lin. long, linear, obtuse, glabrous ; perianth-tube 6 lin. 
long, cylindric, glabrous ; lobes 34 lin. long, linear, glabrous ; limb 
3 lin. Jong, oblong-linear, obtuse ; anthers 24 lin. long, linear ; 
style 5 lin. long, glabrous ; stigma bifid ; female inflorescence nearly 
hidden by the surrounding leaves, about 14 in. long and 1} in. in 
diam., ovoid or ellipsoid; bracts 5 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, ovate, 
