554 PROTEACE (Stapf). [ Protea: 
lin. long, glabrous or sparingly hairy, sometimes 
with an apical tuft, particularly when young, 
rarely permanently pubescent (39, P. convexa) : 
Leaves linear to obovate, (4 rarely 4) to 3 in. 
broad ; perianth-lip 3-5 (rarely up to 6 
or 7) lin, long... oh oes .. VIL Lxto- 
CEPHALE. 
Leaves narrowly linear to filiform or acicular ; 
perianth-lip 2—4 lin. long cS ... VIL. Prnirotia, 
B. Main stem underground ; heads on the ground, terminal or lateral at the base 
of barren shoots (see also 62, P. cynaroides, and 44, P. tenax). 
Heads terminal, solitary : 
Heads surrounded by an outer involucre of foliaceous 
bracts different in shape from the normal foliage 
leaves sos ‘ we os ‘ see 
Heads surrounded by normal foliage leaves : 
Heads 6-2 in. long; flowers from over 2 to 1 in. 
long ; styles gently curved or almost straight, 
long-subulate from a linear-lanceolate base, 
X. OBVALLATA. 
o. oe 
gradually passing into the narrow ovary «es. TR, PARAOYNA- 
ROIDEE. 
Heads 2-1 in. long; flowers 14-1? in. long ; styles 
distinctly curved to sickle-shaped, subulate 
from a bulbously thickened base__.... ... . XI. Micro- 
GEANTHES. 
Heads lateral, crowded at the base of barren shoots .... XII. HyPocEPHAL#. 
SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 
$1. Sprcrosm, Heads always terminal, large, 3-6 in. long; inner 
involucral bracts elongated, distinctly exceeding the flowers, with usually 
broad rounded (sometimes cuspidate or acute in 3, P.barbigera) tips, 
fringed with a long dense villous whitish, fulvous, deep-purple or black 
beard ; flowers 23-34 in. long, rarely less (11, P. patens) ; perianth-lip 
hairy all over or at least at both ends, 3-awned, awns 3-12 lin. long, 
mostly more or less villous ; style very gently curved to almost straight, 
laterally compressed and linear below, terete upwards, with a more or 
less distinct glandular (?) depression at the base on the inner (adaxial) 
side ; separated from the subulate stigma by a sudden bend or knee. 
Shrubs or undershrubs with a distinct overground stem. 
Leaves more than 1 in. wide : ; 
Leaves obovate to elliptic with a broad base, 14-3 in. 
broad .56° ws fol iss ea ... (1) grandiceps. 
Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1-14 in. 
broad : 
Leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, up to 3 times as long as 
as broad ; beard of involucral bracts reddish ... (2) speciosa. 
Leaves Abie eryeanyat more than 3 times as long as 
broad : : 
Outer involucral bracts permanently villous-edged 
beards of the inner whitish ; flowers 33 in. long, | 
long-villous all along ; lip 1} in. long including : 
the flexuous awns which are 1 in. long ++» (3) barbigera. 
Outer involucral bracts at length glabrescent ; beards 
of the inner deep-purple to black, at least 
partly ; flowers 3 in. long, long-villous. only on 
the tips ; lip 1 in. long including the straight 
awns which are less than } in; long «svi. (4) marginata. 
