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560 PROTEACE (Stapf). | Protea. 
Leaves up to 2 ft. long, often’ more or less rough ; 
outer involucral bracts obtuse sa Se ... (68) repens. 
Heads 24-3 in. long ; leaves with long soft hairs... (69) echinulata. 
§10. OxsvattaT#. Heads medium-sized, 2-24 in. long, sessile, sur- 
rounded by an outer involucre of subsessile ovate to obovate or oblanceolate 
leaves, different from the petioled oblanceolate long foliage leaves ; ovary 
cylindric passing imperceptibly into the terete subulate and almost 
straight style. Stigma subulate, hardly differentiated. Main stem under- 
ground with leaf-tufts and flower-heads close to the ground, 
Only species ... oe vn ws = ar ... (70) turbiniflora. 
§11. MicrocranrHem. Heads medium-sized to small, 2-1}.in. long, 
sessile, rounded to turbinate at the base, surrounded by normal foliage 
leaves; flowers 3-14 in. long; styles distinctly curved to sickle-shaped, 
subulate from a (at least in old flowers) bulbously thickened base. 
Stigma subulate, hardly differentiated. Main stem underground with 
very short ascending or decumbent leaf- and flower-bearing branches. 
Outer involucral bracts not produced into foliaceous 
appendages: 
Leayes rough with small tubercles; inner involucral 
bracts pubescent : 
Leaves lorate, long attenuated towards the base, 3-7 
lin. broad 4 ce nia oe se ... (71) scabra. 
Leaves narrowly linear, 1-2 lin. broad ... hin ... (72) tenuifolia. 
Leaves smooth ; involucral bracts glabrous, excepting on 
the sometimes ciliate margins : 
Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, 1-3 in. broad ; heads - 
1-14 in. long wu ae ee verti st 
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to linear, long attenuated 
at the base : 
Leaves oblanceolate, #—-lin. broad, distinctly veined ; 
heads 2 in. long: 
Stem glabrous; leaves dull; flowers 9 lin. long ; 
perianth-lip 3 lin, long te paar EE 
Stem hairy ; leaves more or less glossy ; flowers 
14 in. long ; perianth-lip 6 lin. long we» (75) Burehellii. 
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate-linear to linear with a 
long attenuated base or stoutly filiform-linear, 
usually obscurely or not at all veined : 
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate-linear to linear, 6-14 
lin. broad : 
Leaves obscurely (the broadest sometimes more 
or less distinctly) veined, slightly glossy 
with cartilaginous margins ; heads 14 in. 
long; inner involucral bracts somewhat 
dong a, OS) 
Leaves not veined, dull, glaucous, without car- 
tilaginous margins ; heads 1-14 in. long ; 
inner involucral bracts broad I CO 
Leaves stoutly filiform-linear, canaliculate, terete 
below, 1 lin. broad... sea ... (78) revoluta. 
Outer involucral bracts produced into foliaceous appendages 
resembling the foliage leaves ; these linear to narrow] 
oblancevlate, 12-8 in. long, 3-19 lin. broad ... ... (79) montana. 
$12. HyrocerHara. Heads crowded at the base of the shoots or 
(80, P. humiflora) scattered along the branches, not terminal, 1-2 1n- 
(78) acaulis. 
’ (74) glaucophylla. 
