586 PROTEACEA (Phillips & Stapf). [| Protea, 
42. P. rhodantha (Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7331); branches 
glabrous ; leaves up to 54 in. long and 14 lin. broad, lanceolate, 
subacute, slightly narrowed at the base, distinctly veined, with the 
midrib prominent in the lower half, glabrous; head contracted at 
the base into a scaly stipes, 2-2} in. long, and as wide, receptacle 
shortly conical; involucral bracts about 10-seriate ; outer ovate, 
subacuminate, green or more or less pink, evanescently silky- 
pubescent below, ciliolate; inner oblong, rose-colour, glabrous, 
shorter than the flowers; perianth-sheath 12 lin. long, dilated, 
3-keeled and 5-nerved below, membranous, glabrous, excepting at 
the sides which are rufo-pubescent within, middle portion spirally 
coiled in old flowers; lip 5 lin. long, orange, 3-toothed, 3-keeled, 
glabrous excepting at the minutely hirsute tips; teeth subequal, 
} lin. long; stamens all fertile, subsessile ; anthers linear, 3 lin. 
long ; apical glands x lin. long, elliptic, swollen on the inner face ; 
ovary up to 2 lin. long, oblong in outline, covered with long reddish- 
yellow hairs ; style 1} lin. long, distinctly swollen above the ovary, 
almost equally wide up to , then strongly curved and tapering, 
glabrous ; stigma 3-3} lin. long, filiform, obtuse, slightly wavy at 
ae junction with the style. P. Bolusii, Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 
1910, 231, 
Katanart Recron : Transvaal; Pilgrims Rest (a plant raised from seeds at 
Kew), Horn ! Swaziland, between Dalriach and Forbes Reef, Bolus, 12265! 
43. P. multibracteata (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 230) ; 
branches glabrous ; leaves 3—5 in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, linear-lanceo- 
late to linear, subacute or subobtuse, narrowing at the base, distinctly 
or indistinctly veined, glabrous ; heads peduncled, contracted at the 
into a scaly stipes 4-10 lin, long, 24-3 in. long, about 2} in. 
in diam.; involucral bracts 14-20-seriate ; outer ovate, subacu- 
minate, obtuse, finely silky-pubescent on the back ; inner oblong or 
spathulate-oblong, equalling or slightly shorter than the flowers ; 
perianth-sheath 1}-1} in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved 
below, membranous, densely pilose within; lip 5-6 lin. long, 
3-toothed, usually glabrous or very sparingly pilose ; lateral teeth 
? lin. long; median tooth } lin. long ; stamens al] fertile, subsessile ; 
anthers linear, 4 lin. long; apical glands 1-1 lin. long, ovate, 
obtuse ; ovary 1} lin. long, obovoid, covered with long reddish- 
brown hairs; style about 1} in. long, slightly curved or flexuous, 
tapering above, somewhat compressed, glabrous ; stigma 3}—4} lin. 
long, filiform, obtuse, passing almost imperceptibly into the style. 
P. Pegleri, Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 230. P. natalensis, 
Phillips, 1c. 231. P. Baurii, Phillips, l.c. 232. | 
“Coast Reaton: King Williamstown Div. ; Perie Mountains, Perke in Herb. 
Galpin, 5828! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 86 ! 
Eastern Reoion: Transkei; uear Kentani, Miss Pegler, 274! Tembuland ; 
Bazeia, Baur, 721! Natal ; between Umlazi River and Durban, Krauss, 176! on 
the Drakensberg, Cooper, 951 ! 
