Serruvia.| | PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson), 673 
solitary, terminal, sessile, }-1 in. long, about ? in. in diam. ; 
involucral bracts about 5 lin. long, lanceolate, gradually acuminate, 
- acute, nearly glabrous or tomentellous outside, long-ciliate ; floral 
bracts 4 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, densely villous towards 
the apex ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, glabrous ; segments 2} lin. 
long, spreadingly villous ; limb 3 lin. long, lanceolate, obtuse, that 
of the posticous segment much more shortly villous than the 
others ; anthers } lin. long; ovary 2 lin. long, pilose ; style 3 lin. 
long, tapering upwards from a swollen base, pubescent in the 
middle } of its length; stigma } lin. long, ovoid or ellipsoid, 
obtuse. 
Coast Rreeion: Caledon Div. ; mountains of Baviaans Kloof near Genadendaal, 
Burchell, 7864! 
29. S. flava (E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pfi. Documente, 74, 221); 
branches tomentose or densely pilose; leaves $—1} in. long, bipin- 
nately divided in the upper 2, pilose with weak whitish hairs ; 
ultimate segments terete, with an obtuse callous apex; heads 
terminal, solitary, pedunculate, 1 in. long, about 6-8 lin. in 
diam.; peduncle ?—1? in. long, softly tomentose, bearing lanceolate 
subacute tomentose bracts 2-3 lin. long; floral bracts 2}—3} lin. 
long, ovate to lanceolate, shortly and subacutely acuminate, 
adpressed-villous ; flowers slightly curved in bud ; perianth-tube 
2-24 lin. long, glabrous at the base; segments } in. long, 
spathulate-linear, adpressed-hirsute; limb 14 lin. long, elliptic, 
subacute or subobtuse, hirsute, that of the posticous segment more 
shortly pubescent than the others; anthers 1-1} lin. long; ovary 
2 lin. long, densely villous; style 6-7 lin. long, cylindric, 
pubescent on the lower half or third ; stigma }—? lin. long, oblong, 
obtuse, furrowed, slightly curved, constricted at the junction with 
the style. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 287. 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div.; Storm Vley, near Wupperthal, Leipoldt, 
484! Cederberg Range, between Wupperthal and Ezelsbank, Dréye! near 
Ezelsbank and Kers Kop, Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 9080 ! Schlechter, 8795 ! 
30. S. acrocarpa (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 113) ; branches 
pilose with long hairs and puberulous with very short ones ; leaves. 
3-2 in. long, bipinnately divided in the upper half, pilose or 
glabrous ; segments terete, bluntly mucronate, furrowed on the 
upper surface ; heads shortly pedunculate, solitary, 5-7 lin. long, 
about 3 in. in diam., 10—15-flowered; peduncles }-1} in. long, 
densely pubescent, bearing a few ovate-lanceolate acutely acuminate 
glabrescent ciliate bracts 13-2 lin. long; involucral bracts 2} lin. 
long, ovate, acuminate, densely pubescent or hirsute, ciliate ; 
flowers curved in bud; perianth-tube 2 lin. long, glabrous towards 
the base; segments 4-6 lin. long, spathulate-linear, adpressed 
yellow-villous ; limb 1 lin. Jong, elliptic, subacute, adpressed yellow- 
villous ; anthers sessile, } lin. long; hypogynous scales ? lin. long, 
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