Serruria.]  PROTEACE® (Phillips & Hutchinson). 681 
44. §. fucifolia (Knight, Prot. 81); branches more or less 
tomentose or pubescent ; leaves $—24 in. long, bipinnately divided 
in the upper }—3, pilose, or young leaves villous, rarely glabrous ; 
leaf-segments filiform-cylindric, obtusely-mucronate, furrowed on 
the upper surface ; heads axillary and terminal, solitary, }-1 in. 
in diam., many-flowered ; peduncles 7-14 in. long, pubescent, 
bearing 2-5 linear bracts; floral bracts 2}-3 lin. long, ovate or 
obovate, pointed, tomentose, sometimes pubescent and _ ciliate ; 
flowers curved in: bud; perianth-tube 1-1} lin. long, glabrous ; 
segments 34-41 lin. long, spathulate-linear, villous with adpressed 
or spreading hairs ; limb ? lin. long, elliptic, acute, villous, shortly 
bearded ; anthers } lin. long, oblong; ovary } lin. long, densely 
villous ; style 3-3] lin. long, cylindric, sometimes swollen in the 
middle third, glabrous; stigma }—} lin. long, oblong, obtuse, 
furrowed ; fruits beaked, villous. S. elevata, R. Br. in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. x. 114; Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 364 ; Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xiv. 287, with vars. S. hirsuta, Buek in Drége, Zwei 
PA. Documente, 221. 8S. subumbellata, Buek in Drége, l.c. SS. vestita, 
Buek in Drége, lc. 221; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 288. Protea 
elevata, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 570. 
SoutH Arrica : without locality, Drége, 8070a. 
Coast Recion: Van Rhynsdorp Div.; Gift Berg, Drége! Clanwilliam Div. ; 
near Clanwilliam, Mader, 176! Kardouw Mountains, Zeyher, 1472! Blauw Berg, 
Mund, 34! Schlechter, 8461! Pakhuis Mountains, Schlechter, 10804! Lange 
Kloof, Schlechter, 8400! Storm Vley, near Wupperthal, Leipoldt, 485! Piquetberg 
Div. ; Piquet Berg, Niven, 17! Drége, 14762! 
45. S. cygnea (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 113); branches 
prostrate, glabrous ; leaves 1-3 in. long, bipinnately divided in the 
upper } or 3, glabrous, sometimes scantily pilose when young ; 
segments 24-8 lin. long, cylindric, obtusely mucronate, furrowed on 
the upper surface ; heads solitary, axillary, pedunculate, }—} in. long, 
about ? in. in diam., many-flowered ; peduncle simple, 1—2 in. long, 
glabrous, bearing a few scattered ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute 
glabrous bracts; floral bracts 13-3 lin. long, ovate, caudate- 
acuminate, acute, glabrous or shortly ciliate ; flowers curved in 
bud; perianth-tube very short, glabrous; segments 5} lin. long, 
shortly adpressed-pubescent outside; limb {-1 lin. long, elliptic, 
subacute, adpressed-pubescent, that of the posticous segment nearly 
glabrous; anthers sessile, }—} lin. long, oblong or elliptic; 
hypogynous scales } lin. long, linear ; ovary }—1} lin. long, ovoid, 
very densely villous ; style 44-5} lin. long, cylindric, curved above, 
glabrous ; stigma }—} lin. long, oblong or oblong-ellipsoid, slightly 
furrowed. Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 363; Meisn. in DC. 
Prodr, xiv. 286. S. cyanea, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 
78, 221. SS. colorata, Zeyh. ex Meisn, le. 8S. helvola, Steud. 
Nomenel. ed. 2, ii. 400. Protea cygnea, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 569. 
P. helvola, Lichtenst. ex Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 379, fide 
Meisn. 1.c. 
