Protea.] PROTEACEH (Phillips & Stapf). 573 
acute, eglandular ; filament filiform; ovary } lin. long, obovate- 
oblong in outline, covered with long light yellow hairs with golden- 
coloured tips ; style 24 in. long, tapering above, furrowed, gradually 
thickened downwards with a pubescent ventral keel and a pubescent 
base; stigma 24-3 lin. long, oblong-linear, trigonous with acute 
angles, subacute, swollen and recurved at the apex, conspicuously 
sinuate at the junction with the style. 
Coast Recion: Bredasdorp Div.; Elim, Schlechter, 7718! Riversdale Div. ; 
Rivers lale, Muir in Herb. Galpin, 5305 ! 
19. P. calocephala (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 239) ; branches 
tomentose above; leaves 24-4} in. long, 8-10 lin. broad, oblanceo- 
late, acute or obtuse, long attenuated at the base, indistinctly 
veined, the young leaves densely villous, becoming glabrous with 
age; head sessile, 4 in. long, about 4 in. in diam.; involucral 
scales 13-seriate ; outer ovate, acuminate, obtuse, glabrous or the 
lowermost pubescent, ciliate ; inner with a lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate limb, narrowed into a slender linear claw, ciliate, the 
innermost pubescent, greatly exceeding the flowers; perianth- 
sheath 12 in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below, shortly 
tomentose, glabrous at the base ; lip 8 lin. long, 3-awned, shortly 
tomentose ; lateral awns 34-4 lin. long, terete, shortly tomentose 
with long hairs intermixed and an apical tuft ; median awn 1} lin. 
long, filiform ; anthers linear, 2 lin. long, apical glands } lin. long, 
lanceolate, subacute, keeled on the inner face ; filaments } lin. long, 
swollen ; ovary covered with long reddish-brown hairs ; style 1j in. 
long, subterete above, compressed below, dilated with a wide groove 
or cavity (gland ?) above the ovary, pubescent up to 4, then glabrous ; 
stigma 2 lin. long, linear, obtuse and slightly recurved at the apex, 
furrowed, slightly bent at the junction with the style. 
Sovrn Arrica: without locality, Ludwig ! 
Coast Reaion: Riversdale Div. ; Riversdale, Muir ! 
20. P. Rouppellie (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 237) ; a small tree 
8-15 ft. high; branches villous or tomentose above, at length 
glabrescent ; leaves 2-5} in. long, }-14 in. broad at the widest 
part, 2 lin. broad at the base, oblong-lanceolate or obovate-spathulate, 
acute, the younger densely villous or tomentose, at length glabrous, 
narrowed at the base, reticulately veined ; head shortly peduncled, 
34-44 lin. long, 2-4 in. in diam. ; involucral bracts 10-seriate, silky- 
tomentose, deep pink to pinky white ; outer ovate, obtuse, recurved 
to revolute, ciliate ; inner with an obovate to obovate-oblong limb, 
gradually passing into the claw, shortly ciliate above, exceedi 
the flowers; perianth-sheath 1} in. long, dilated and 3-keeled and 
7-nerved below, loosely villous above the dilated portion ; lip 1} in. 
long, 3-awned, spreadingly villous ; lateral awns 7 lin. long, linear, 
acuminate, purple tomentose to villous; median awn 4 lin. long ; 
fertile stamens 3; filaments } lin. long, flattened ; anthers linear, 
