Spatalla,| | PROTEACE (Phillips & Hutchinson). 687 
Leaves $—} in. long, subterete with a very narrow 
groove on the upper side, silky-pilose except 
when quite old; midrib of anticous lip of 
involucre glabrous inside ia ire +. (3) sericea. 
Involucres on stalks 1 lin. long or more, but rarely 
# lin. long: 
Anticous lip of involuere entire or bifid : 
Leaves permanently long-pilose ; racemes sessile ( 4) mollis. 
Leaves soon glabrous ; racemes pedunculate ... (7) Galpinii. 
Anticous lip of involucre trifid or trilobed : 
Leaves more or less strongly incurved ; racemes 
pedunculate : 
Leaves 13-1} in. long; subtending bracts 
3-4 lin. long; anticous lip of involucre 
3-lobed nearly to the middle... .-. (5) longifolia. 
Leaves 3-1} in. long; subtending bracts 
about 14 lin. long; anticous lip of 
involucre shortly 3-toothed : 
Leaves thicker in the upper part, nearly 
3 lin. in diam., strongly curved ... (6) curvifolia, 
Leaves slender, not or only slightly thicker 
in the upper part, about 4 lin. in diam., 
slightly curved ... Kae eee -» (7) Galpinii. 
Leaves straight or only slightly incurved ; 
racemes sessile or if shortly pedunculate 
then lax-flowered : 
Racemes lax-flowered ; subtending bracts 
shorter than the secondary peduncles ... (8) gracilis. 
Racemes rather dense-flowered ; subtending 
bracts longer than the secondary 
peduncles : 
Leaves 4 in. long, rather lax ; bracts less 
than 2 lin. long... “ae baa ... (9) brachyloba, 
Leaves 1-1} in. long, rather crowded ; 
bracts about 4 lin. long +» eee (10) cylindrica. 
+tAnticous lip of involucre 3-partite to the base or 
nearly to the base : 
Branches quite glabrous; perianth-tube as long as 
the claws | jae aes ai ‘eh ... (11) colorata. 
Branches silky-pubescent or villous ; perianth-tube 
usually much shorter than the claws : 
Involucres on stalks 1 lin. long or more : 
Leaves spreading almost at right angles, 
arcuate, at length partially recurved ; 
racemes clustered and more or less 
pedunculate at the apex of each shoot ... (12) bombycina. 
Leaves more or less erect or ascending, not or 
rarely slightly recurved ; racemes solitary 
and sessile at the apex of each shoot : 
Leaves 4-3 in. long; bracts about 4 lin. 
long, usually exceeding the inyolucre (13) parilis. 
Leaves 4-4 in. long ; bracts 2-3 lin. long, 
reaching to the top of the involucre ... (14) Bolusii. 
