558 PROTEACEZ (Stapf). | Protea. 
Leaves much narrower in proportion : 
Leaves over 3 in. long, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate : 
Heads more or less stipitate ; stipes scaly : 
Leaves about 1 in. broad : 
Involucral bracts tomentose, at length-more or 
less glabrous ... te : .-. (41) caffra. 
Involueral bracts glabrous or finely pubescent... (42) rhodantha. 
Leaves less than 1 in. broad ia bes ... (48) maltibracteata. 
Heads rounded at the base : 
Upper parts of branches and leaf-bases or the whole 
leaves more or less softly hirsute ; leaves very 
variable, from obovate to linear-lanceolate, 
4-6 in. by 4-2in. ... See ee .-- (44) tenax. 
Branches and leaves glabrous : 
Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 3-4 by 1} in., 
witha distinct thin translucent cartilaginous 
Leaves oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 in. 
by 4 (rarely 4)-3 in., margin not carti- 
laginous, or, if so, then usually indistinct 
and not translucent : 
Heads 23 in. in diam. ; flowers 14 in. long... (46) Flanagani. 
Heads 2 in. or less in diam. ; flowers lin. long (47) simplex. 
Leaves under 3 in. long, more or less oblanceolate to 
linear-oblanceolate : 
Perianth-lip 7 lin. long; young heads turbinate- 
oblong ; leaves oblanceolate, obtuse .. ..» (48) lanceolata. 
Perianth-lip less than 5 lin. long: 
Leaves over 2 in. long: 
Receptacle slightly convex; leaves subobtuse, 
obscurely nerved ; perianth-lip 44 lin. long (49) Doddii. 
Receptacle conical, ? in. high; leaves. acute, 
distinctly veined ; perianth-lip 3 lin. long (50) Marlothii. 
Leaves 2 to less than 1 in. long: 
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, acute, 4 to 6 
(45) transvaalensis, 
times as long as broad : 
Heads erect, about 2in.long  —S.... ... (51) effusa. 
Heads pendulous, about 14 lin. long .-» (52) pendula. 
Leaves broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, 2-3 times __ 
as long as broad; heads 24 in. long, 
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§7. Pintrotim. Heads terminal, small, 1-2 in. long; involucral bracts 
gradually increasing in size inwards, glabrous or nearly so; inner bracts 
exceeding the flowers, their tips rounded, glabrous ; flowers 1 in. long or 
less; perianth-lip 2-4 lin. long, 3-toothed, usually glabrous or with 
scanty deciduous hairs (see also 55, P. cedromontana), Styles more or 
less falcate, compressed-subacute from an obliquely widened base, 
gradually or with a minute bend passing into the short slender stigma. 
Small shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves narrowly linear to filiform or 
needle-shaped. 
Leaves linear, 1-2 lin. broad : 
Leaves 3-7 in. long: 
Leaves green when dry, slightly rough ; perianth-lip 
4 lin. long, glabrous, excepting at the tips, sheath 
slender oe ee ee aa bes ... (54) canaliculata. 
