Protea.| PROTEACE& (Phillips & Stapf). 581 
42. Lepidocarpodendron folio saligno, ete., Boerh. Ind. Pl. Hort. 
Iugd, Bat. ii. 183, t. 183. Scolymocephalus foliis oblongis, ete. 
Weinm. Phyt. iv. t. 891. 
SoutH AFRica: without locality, Thunberg ! Labillardiere! Niven! Mund! 
Coast Recion: Paarl Div. ; Paarl Mountain, Drége! Cape Div. ; Camps Bay, 
Zeyher ! Table Mountain, Pappe! Bolus, 4801! Phillips! Krauss! Simons Town, 
Wright! Caledon Div. ; Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7902! Vogel 
Gat, Schlechter, 10420! Swellendam Div. ; near Swellendam, Fry in Herb, 
Galpin, 4982! Humansdorp Div. ; by the Kromme River, Burchell, 4885 ! 
CENTRAL Reaion: Ceres Div. ; Leeuwen Fontein, 2500 ft., Pearson, 3684! 
32. P. trigona (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 230) ; branches 
hairy at the insertion of the leaves, otherwise glabrous ; leaves 
24-4} in. long, 9-12 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate to oblong, obtuse, 
slightly narrowed at the base, distinctly veined, glabrous or sub- 
glaucous ; head constricted into a very short scaly stipes, 24 in. 
long, about 3 in. in diam. ; receptacle slightly concave ; involucral 
bracts 9—11-seriate; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, densely 
silky-pubescent to tomentose below, glabrescent above ; inner 
oblong, concave, silky-pubescent on the back, glabrescent on the 
sides and tips, shorter than the flowers; perianth-sheath 1} in. 
long, glabrous at the dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved base, in- 
creasingly hairy above ; lip 8 lin. long, 3-toothed, densely villous on 
the sides, glabrescent on the back; teeth subequal, | lin. long, 
ovate, acuminate, densely whitish-tomentose ; stamens all fertile, 
sessile; anthers linear, 44 lin. long; apical glands } lin. long, 
ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, swollen on the inner face; ovary 
1} lin. long, elliptic, covered with long reddish-yellow hairs ; 
hypogynous scales } lin. long, ovate, subacuminate, obtuse ; style 
1} in. long, more or less trigonous and grooved, glabrous ; stigma 
41 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, faintly swollen and bent at the junction 
with the style. 
KataHart REGION : Transvaal! Derde Poort, near Pretoria, Miss Leendertz, 679 ! 
Very near to and probably not specifically distinct from P. abyssinica, Willd. 
33. P. abyssinica (Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 522); a tree 12-15 ft. high ; 
branches pilose especially at the insertion of the leaves, or, in the 8. 
African specimens, usually glabrous ; leaves 2-6 in. long, 4-10 lin. 
broad, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, subacute or obtuse, narrowing 
to the base, coriaceous, prominently veined, pilose above and beneath, 
or more often glabrous ; head often contracted into a scaly stipes, 
24 in. long, about 24 in. in diam. ; involucral bracts 11-seriate, 
densely silky-tomentose ; outer broad-ovate, obtuse ; inner oblong, 
or cuneate-oblong, convex, shorter than the flowers ; perianth-sheath 
11 in. long, dilated and 3-keeled below, fulvously villous, glabrous 
at the base; lip 9 lin. long, 3-toothed, villous to the tips of the 
teeth, excepting on the glabrous or glabrescent back ; lateral teeth 
14 lin. long; median tooth } lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate ; 
stamens all fertile; filaments } lin. long, expanded, concave ; 
