Protea, | PROTEACKA (Phillips & Stapf). 587 
44. P. tenax (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soe. x. 88) ; stem decum- 
bent ; branches softly hirsute, then glabrescent ; leaves 4—6 in. long, 
4—6 lin. broad above, 1} lin. broad below, oblanceolate to linear- 
oblanceolate, subacute, long attenuate at the base, more or less 
vernicose, indistinctly veined, with a distinct midrib, glabrous or 
scantily hirsute with long soft hairs, particularly towards the base 
and along the margin ; head sessile, 2 in. long, about 24 in. in diam. ; 
receptacle conical ; pales ovate, acute ; involucral bracts 6-seriate ; 
outer ovate, obtuse, silky-pubescent, at length glabrous, inner 
spathulate-oblong, concave, silky-pubescent, ciliate, equalling the 
flowers ; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 5-nerved 
below, the membranous upper part at length spirally coiling up, 
glabrous ; lip 4 lin. long, 3-keeled, glabrous, dentate ; lateral teeth 
} lin. long, linear-lanceolate, villous; median tooth } lin. long ; 
stamens all fertile ; filaments } lin. long, dilated, concave ; anthers 
linear, 2 lin. long; apical glands } lin. long, ovate, swollen on the 
inner face ; hypogynous scales ovate, obtuse; ovary 2 lin. long, 
oblong in outline, covered with numerous long dark-brown hairs ; 
style 10 lin. long, slightly curved, tapering above, compressed, 
swollen above the ovary, glabrous; stigma 2 lin. long, grooved, 
obtuse, almost imperceptibly passing into the style. Roem. & Schult. 
Syst. Veg. iii. 350; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 244, P. caulescens, 
E. Meyer ex Meisn. l.e., partly. P. undulata, Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 
1910, 233. Erodendrum tenax, Salisb. Parad. t. 70. E. foetidum, 
Knight, Prot. 46. 
Van. B, latifolia (Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 244); shrub 14-23 ft. high ; leaves 
3-54 iu. long, 6-16 lin. broad, lanceolate or obovate-cuneate. P. caulescens, 
E. Meyer ex Meisn. l.c., partly. P. magnolixfolia, Buek ex Meisn. lc, 
Coast Recion: Uniondale Div. ; plains in Lange Kloof, Niven! Uitenhage 
Div. ; Galgebosch and Van Stadens Berg, Drége, 3361! Alexandria Div. ; Zuur- 
berg Range, Dréye, 2009! Var. 8: Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens Berg, Pappe ! 
Burchell, 4755! Albany Div.; Assegaibosch, Zeyher, 3667! between Riebeck 
East and Grahamstown, Burchell, 3508! Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3436! near 
Grahamstown, MacOwan, 1203! Pym, 1174! Misses Daly d: Sole, 473 ! Howisons 
Poort, Galpin, 26 ! 
45. P. transvaalensis (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 84); 
branches glabrous, bark almost black lower down ; leaves 3-4 in, 
long (rarely less than 24 in. long), 3-14 in. broad, oblong to 
oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, distinctly pinnately 
veined, glabrous, with thin transparent cartilaginous margins ; head 
(immature) sessile, 13-2 in. long, about 1 in. in diam., oblong ; 
receptacle slightly convex; involucral bracts 10-seriate, more or 
less minutely fulvously ciliate; outer ovate, subobtuse, very 
minutely pubescent below or almost glabrous ; inner oblong, obtuse, 
glabrous, or sometimes minutely pubescent near the apex ; perianth- 
sheath over 1 in. long, dilated and 7-nerved below, glabrous 
outside, fulvously pubescent within from the widened base upwards ; 
lip 7 lin. long, 3-toothed, glabrous for the greater part, but sparsely 
hairy towards the teeth and along the sides (but the limb of the 
