648 PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson). — | /imetes. 
109: Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 381 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 
264 partly, excl. Zeyher, 3688. Protea Massonti, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 
iv. 568. 
SovurH Arrica: without locality, Roxburgh ! 
Coast ReGion: Paarl Div. ; mountains near French Hoek, Masson! Caledon 
Div. ; near the Zondereinde River, Niven, 74! 
7. M. pauciflora (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 106); shrub 
2-3 ft. high; stem subsimple; branches villous; leaves decreasing 
in size from the base upwards, }—1} in. long, 3-9 lin. broad, mostly 
obovate or obovate-elliptic, rarely oblong, very obtuse at the base, 
entire, coriaceous, indistinctly 3—5-nerved, villous with long weak 
subadpressed hairs; heads sessile, 1}-2 in. long, subcylindric, 
mostly 3-4-flowered, axillary, aggregated towards the ends of the 
branches ; involucral bracts 4-seriate, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, 
acute, membranous, coloured, many-nerved, varying from densely 
shaggy villous to almost glabrous; receptacle densely setose ;. 
perianth-tube 14 lin. long, 4-keeled, glabrous; segments 1} in. 
long, linear-filiform, long-villous ; limb 3 lin. long, linear-lanceolate,,. 
subacute, glabrous or somewhat pilose towards the base ; filament 
3 lin. long, oblong, swollen, furrowed ; anthers 14 lin. long, linear ; 
apical gland } lin. long, lanceolate ; hypogynous scales ? lin. long, 
linear, obtuse, white; ovary ? lin, long, subglobose, pubescent ; 
style 1} in. long, linear, glabrous, only slightly exserted ; stigma. 
1} lin. long, cylindric, subacute, obtuse, slightly kneed at the 
junction with the style. Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 380 ;. 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 263. Protea pauciflora, Poir. Encycl. 
Suppl. iv. 568. 
SoutH Arnica: without locality, Roxburgh ! Thom, 274! 
Coast Recion: Swellendam Div.; lower part of the Tradouw mountains, — 
Bowie! George Div.; between Cape Town and George, Rogers! lower part of 
the Cradock Berg, Burchell, 6014! near George, Pappe! Alexander! Uniondale 
Div. ; on the mountains dividing Long Kloof from the coast, Bowie! Knysna. 
Div. ; Millwood, 7'yson, 3030! and in MacOwan, Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1523! 
8. M. hirta (Knight, Prot. 66); branches densely villous; leaves 
3-1} in. long, 3-8 lin. broad, ovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, with a. 
blunt callus at the apex, or very slightly pointed, narrowed to the: 
base, entire, coriaceous, indistinctly 3—5-nerved, more or less 
adpressed-villous ; heads sessile, 2} in. long, including the styles, 
7—12-flowered, axillary, aggregated towards the ends of the branches ;. 
involucral bracts 5-7-seriate, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or ovate, 
gradually and acutely acuminate, membranous, many-nerved,. 
glabrous except for the long-ciliate margin, the outermost pilose 
towards the apex; receptacle setose; perianth-tube 2-3 lin. 
long, ventricose, glabrous ; segments 11-15 lin. long, linear, villous. 
in the upper part, glabrescent below ; limb 1-1} lin. long, linear, 
subobtuse, long-pilose on the back, with a tuft of long hairs at the 
apex; anthers linear, with a small apical gland; hypogynous 
scales 3 lin. long, linear, obtuse, brown; ovary }—} lin. long, 
