658 PROTEACESE (Phillips & Hutchinson). — [Serrurta. 
Limb of the posticous perianth-segment as hairy 
or almost as hairy as the others (see also 35, 
millefolia) ; leaves divided in the upper 
half or two-thirds : 
Heads sessile or subsessile : 
Heads with no distinct involucre of barren 
outer bracts, usually hidden by the 
‘Jeaves ; indumentum of perianth-claw 
much shorter than that of limb ... (36) vallaris. 
Heads with a distinct involucre of barren 
outer bracts; indumentum of claw : 
the same as that of the limb ... ... (37) rostellaris. 
Heads distinctly pedunculate wit ... (38) eyanoides. 
Heads several and more or less corymbose towards 
the apex of each shoot, or if solitary then fairly 
long-pedunculate : 
Outer .bracts large and broad, (white ’), con- 
siderably longer than the flowers, glabrous 
and not ciliate ie sie oF ... (39) florida. 
Outer bracts usually small and narrow, if broad 
(see 40, emula and 41, scariosa) then ciliate 
or villous: 
Leaves usually well over 1 in. long: 
Stems erect or ascending; outer bracts 
about } in. broad, with a broad mem- 
branous margin : 
Indumentum of perianth long-villous ... (40) #mula. 
Indumentum of perianth very short ... (41) scariosa. 
Stems erect; bracts narrow, with narrow 
membranous margins or not mem- 
branous : 
Peduncles glabrous or nearly so, covered 
with numerous narrow bracts : 
Limb clothed with short adpressed 
hairs ; bracts long-ciliate or glab- 
rous and pustulate outside : 
Bracts long-ciliate, linear or subulate (23) ciliata, 
- var. congesta. 
Bracts glabrous or nearly so, ovate or 
lanceolate ey as ... (42) foeniculacea. 
Limb clothed with very long spreading 
hairs; bracts very shortly or 
scarcely ciliate... ai ... (43) barbigera. 
Peduncles tomentose, scarcely bracteate (44) fucifolia. 
Stems prostrate : 
- Bracts on the peduncle scattered ; heads 
distributed along the branches... (45) eygnea. 
Bracts on the peduncle imbricate ; head 
solitary at the apex of each shoot ... (46) incrassata. 
Leaves # in. long or less, rarely 1 in.: 
Leaves filiform ; heads crowded, subsessile (47) Roxburghii. 
Leaves stout ; heads solitary, pedunculate (48) callosa. 
