590 PROTEACEA (Phillips & Stapf). [ Protea. 
50. P. Marlothii (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 233) ; branches 
glabrous ; leaves 24-3 in. long, 3-7 lin. broad, oblanceolate, acute, 
mucronate, narrowing at the base, distinctly veined, glabrous ; 
heads sessile, 3 in. long, about 3 in. in diam.; receptacle 9 lin. 
high, conical; involucral bracts 13-seriate, glabrous ; outer orbi- 
cular-ovate, obtuse, oblong, shorter than the flowers; perianth- 
sheath 9 lin. long, expanded and 5-nerved below, setose outside in 
the upper part, otherwise glabrous; lip 3 lin. long, 3-toothed, 
setose ; teeth subequal, } lin. long; stamens all fertile ; anthers 
subsessile, linear, 1? lin. long; apical glands } lin. long, ovate, 
obtuse ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, } lin. broad, elliptic, obtuse ; 
ovary |} lin. long, obovoid, covered with long yellow-brown hairs ; 
style 13 lin. long, curved, very much compressed below, glabrous ; 
stigma 1? lin. long, obtuse, passing into the style. 
Coast Recion; Worcester Div. ; Matroos Berg, Marloth ! 
51. P. effusa (E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 82, 
name only) ; branches glabrous ; leaves 1—2 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 
lanceolate, acute, mucronate, narrowing at the base, distinctly 
veined ; head sessile, 2 in. long, about 3 in. in diam. ; involucral 
bracts 7-seriate, glabrous ; outer ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, with 
membranous margins; inner oblong, convex, incurved above, 
exceeding the flowers; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated and 
5-nerved below, rufous-setose outside in the upper part, otherwise 
glabrous ; lip 3 lin. long, 3-toothed, rufous-setose ; teeth subequal, 
4 lin. long ; stamens all fertile; filaments } lin. long, flat ; anthers 
linear, 1$ lin. long; apical glands 4 lin. long, ovate, subacute, 
swollen on the inner face; ovary small, covered with long golden 
hairs; style 10-12 lin. long, faleate, compressed, suddenly and 
obliquely widened above the ovary (to ? lin.), then gradually 
tapering, glabrous ; stigma 13-2 lin. long, filiform, obtuse, grooved, 
prsre! roar i pc passing into the style. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
xiv. : 
Coast Region: Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Drege ! 
52. P. pendula (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 87); branches 
softly hirsute above, at length glabrous; leaves #-1} in. long, 
2-2) lin. broad, narrowly oblanceolate-acute, with a recurved 
mucro, distinctly veined beneath, very minutely and loosely 
pubescent, at length glabrous ; head sessile, 14 in. long, about 
1} in, in diam., pendulous ; involucral bracts 7—8-seriate ; outer 
ovate, subacuminate, obtuse, silky-pubescent or tomentose on the 
lower half, with membranous margins, ciliate; inner oblong, 
incurved above, slightly concave, minutely pubescent outside, 
exceeding the flowers ; perianth-sheath 9 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled 
and 3-nerved below, rufous-pilose outside in the uppermost part ; 
lip 24 lin. long, 3-toothed, setose below with a few stiff rufous 
hairs ; teeth subequal, glabrous, } lin. long; stamens all fertile ; 
