594 PROTEACEA (Phillips & Stapf). | Protea. 
1 in, long, about 1 in. in diam., globose ; receptacle convex ; involu- 
cral bracts 10-—ll-seriate ; outer ovate, obtuse, glabrous or the 
lowest very finely pubescent, with membranous ciliate margins ; 
inner oblong-spathulate, obtuse, brick-red, recurved above, glabrous 
or minutely pubescent, not equalling the styles; perianth-sheath 
7 lin. long, } lin. broad above, dilated, 3-keeled and 3-nerved below, 
glabrous or hirsute at the apex ; lip 2 lin. long, 3-toothed, rufously 
setulose, glabrescent on the back; teeth subequal, } lin. long, the 
middle one smaller ; stamens all fertile, subsessile ; anthers linear, 
14 lin. long; apical glands } lin. long, ovate, obtuse, swollen on 
the inner face ; ovary 1 lin. long, oblong-obovate in outline, covered 
with long brown hairs; hypogynous scales } lin. long, j—} lin. 
broad, oblong, obtuse ; style 10 lin. long, falcate, arching over the 
centre of the head, terete above, flattened and hollow below, 
glabrous ; stigma 1} lin. long, linear, obtuse, grooved, passing into 
the style. 
CentTRaL Recon: Laingsburg Div. ; hill near Matjesfontein, Harmer ! 
59. P. pityphylla (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 234) ; branches 
glabrous ; leaves 24-3 in. long, about } lin. wide, needle-shaped, 
acute, pungent, channelled and prominently costate on the upper 
face, glabrous ; head sessile, 14}—1} in. long, about 24 in. in diam., 
cernuous ; involucral bracts 7-seriate, glabrous; outer ovate, 
acuminate, obtuse or acute, the lowest produced into long foliaceous 
appendages resembling the leaves; inner oblong, slightly concave, 
exceeding the flowers ; perianth-sheath 8 lin. long, dilated, 3-keeled 
and 7-nerved below, scarious, rufously setulose within in the upper 
part, otherwise glabrous ; lip 22 lin. long, 3-toothed, 3-keeled, setose 
below ; teeth subequal, } lin. long; stamens all fertile ; filaments 
$ lin. long, dilated, concave ; anthers oblong-linear, 13 lin. long; 
apical glands } lin. long, ovate, subacute, somewhat swollen on the 
inner face; ovary 1 lin. long, obovate-oblong, covered with long 
reddish-yellow hairs ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, oval-oblong ; 
style up to 11 lin. long, widened and much compressed from the 
base upwards for 3 lin., then much constricted and strongly bent 
and subulate, the slender portion obliquely arching inwards, | 
glabrous ; stigma 13 lin. long, obtuse. 
Coast Recion : Ceres Div. ; Mitchells Pass, MacOwan, 2907 ! MacOwan, Herb. 
Austr.-Afr. 913! Bodkin in Herb, Bolus, 6089 ! 
60. P. witzenbergiana (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 254); 
decumbent ; branches: villous; leaves 10-14 lin. long, }—? lin. 
broad, needle-shaped, acute, mucronate, channelled on the upper 
face, convex below, minutely punctate, glabrous or scantily pilose ; 
heads sessile, subglobose and obtuse in bud, when expanded 2 in. 
long, about 2 in. in diam. ; involucral bracts 9—10-seriate, glabrous ; 
outer ovate, produced into long foliaceous appendages, resembling 
leaves, ciliolate; inner oblong, eciliolate, slightly convex on the 
