Protea. | PROTEACES (Phillips & Stapf). 597 
perianth-sheath 2} in. long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below 
for } in., then attenuated, membranous and very densely white- 
ciliate on the inner margin, except for a short space above ; lip 
8 lin. long, 3-toothed, densely whitish-villous on the sides, glabrous — 
on the back ; lateral teeth 14 lin. long; median tooth 1 lin. long ; 
stamens all fertile; filaments 3 lin. long, oblong-linear ; anthers 
linear, 34 lin. long ; apical glands 3 lin. long, oblong-linear, obtuse ; 
ovary 6-7 lin. long, cylindric, constricted into a short beak and 
ending with an annular thickening at the junction of the style, 
covered with long whitish hairs; style 24 in. long, gently curved, 
compressed and widened above the ovary, then subulate, terete, 
glabrous ; stigma 34 lin. long, subacute, faintly grooved, very 
slender, imperceptibly passing into the style. P. chionantha, Bolus 
in Trans. 8S. Afric, Philos. Soc. xvi. 399, not of Engler & Gilg, in 
Warb. Kunene-Samb.-Exped. 225. 
Coast Rectoy; Clanwilliam Div. ; summit of Sneeuwkop, Bodkin in Herb. 
Bolus, 8676 ! 
64. P. Scolopendrium (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 94); an 
acaulescent plant; leaves petioled; blade 7-8 in. long, 2-2} in. 
broad, broadly oblanceolate, obtuse, prominently pinnately veined, 
with a prominent midrib, rugulose, glabrous ; petiole 4} ins long, 
flat above, convex dorsally; head subsessile, 2? in. long, about 
34 in. in diam.; involucral bracts 6-seriate, outermost lanceolate, 
glabrous, chestnut-brown, following lanceolate-ovate, acutely acumi- 
nate, more or less ciliate and pubescent on the back, at length 
glabrous; inner narrowly lanceolate to linear-lanceolate with 
tomentose lips shorter than the flowers ; perianth-sheath 12-14 lin. 
long, dilated, 3-keeled and 7-nerved below, up to 8 lin. from the 
base, then rather suddenly attenuated, densely white ciliate and 
villous along the margins and higher up all over within, glabrous 
outside or nearly so; lip 5-6 lin. long, 3-toothed, densely villous on 
the sides, more or less glabrous on the back ; lateral teeth 1 lin. 
long, oblong; median tooth # lin. long; stamens all fertile ; 
filaments } lin. long, thick, oblong-elliptic ; anthers linear, 3 lin. 
long ; apical glands } lin. long, lanceolate or oblong, hardly swollen 
on the inner face; ovary 14 lin. long, oblong, covered with long 
whitish hairs ; style 1} in. long, obliquely widened from the base 
upwards and much compressed, thin, slender, subulate, terete and 
curved, glabrous; stigma 3 lin. long, finely grooved, obtuse, imper- 
ceptibly passing into the style. Roem. d& Schultes, Syst. Veg. iti. 354 ; 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 243; St. Lager in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon, 
vii, 132. P. scolopendrina, Ind. Kew. ii. 633. Erodendrum scolo- 
pendriifolium, Knight, Prot. 43. 
Coast Recon: Tulbagh Div. ; Great Winterhoek Mountains, 5000 ft., Bolus, 
5232! Niven! 
65. P. scabriuscula (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 236, excl. 
syn.) ; an acaulescent plant ; leaves 6-10 in, long, 3-6 lin, broad 
