Spatalla.|  proTEACEa (Phillips & Hutchinson). 695 
spathulate, densely pubescent; limb ovate, subobtuse, densely 
villous outside; anthers ovate; hypogynous scales small; ovary 
whitish-villous ; style 2} lin. long, subterete, bent below the stigma ; 
stigmatic disk } lin. long, obovate. 
Coast Reaion : Riversdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, Bolus, 11361! 
15. 8. prolifera (Knight, Prot. 75); an erect shrub about 2 ft. 
high ; branches erect, leafy, slender, pubescent ; leaves erect, 3-4 
lin, long, about } lin. in diam., flat on the upper side, convex below, 
acutely. mucronate, thinly pilose when young, soon becoming 
glabrous ; involucres 1-flowered, arranged in sessile solitary terminal 
spikes ; spikes few-flowered, about } in. long, more or less ellipsoid ; 
subtending bracts } in. long, linear-subulate, ciliate ; involucre 2} 
lin. long, bilabiate, pubescent outside, upper lip lanceolate, entire, 
lower tripartite to near the base, segments subulate, subacute ; 
perianth-tube as long as the claws of the segments, glabrous; _ 
segments 2-24 lin. long, linear-spathulate ; claw nearly glabrous ; 
limb obtuse, villous; anthers sessile, rounded; ovary globose, 
villous; style 2} lin. long, subterete ; stigmatic disk } lin. long, 
obovate. BR. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 147; Roem. & Schiultes, 
Syst. Veg. iii. 394 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 308, eacl. Ecklon, 18. 
Protea prolifera, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 29, t. 4; Linn. f. Suppl. 118 ; 
Lam. Ill. i. 238; Thunb. Prodr. 26 ; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 518; Poir. 
Encycl. v. 654 ; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 129. 
Sourn AFRICA: without locality, Masson ! Roxburgh ! 
Coast REGION: Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots Holland Mountains, Thunberg ! 
Zeyher, 3719, Pappe, 10! 
16. §. Burchellii (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 333); a shrub 
14 ft. high ; branches of the previous years’ growth devoid of leaves, 
adpressed-pilose, becoming glabrous with age; leaves 3-+ in. long, 
scarcely } lin. in diam., crowded, slender, terete, acutely mucronate, 
glabrous or sometimes with a few scattered hairs when young ; 
involucres I-flowered, arranged in sessile solitary terminal spikes ; 
spikes few-flowered, 3-5 lin. long; subtending bracts 2 lin. long, linear- 
subulate, subacutely acuminate, ciliate, equalling the involucre ; 
involucre 14 lin. long, bilabiate, pubescent outside; upper lip entire, 
lower deeply tripartite ; segments ovate-lanceolate, subacutely 
acuminate ; perianth-tube pubescent ; segments 2-24 lin. long, 
linear-spathulate ; claw tomentose; limb ovate, obtuse, densely 
villous; anthers rounded; hypogynous scales 3 lin. long, subulate, 
acute; ovary } lin. long, globose, densely villous ; style 1} lin. long, 
terete ; stigmatic disk } lin. long, obovate. 
Coast ReGron : George Div.; Cradock Berg, near George, Burchell, 5899 ! 
17. 8. barbigera (Knight, Prot. 76); branches leafy, pilose ; 
leaves lax, }-} in. long, nearly 4 lin. in diam., straight or slightly 
curved, linear, acutely mucronate, channelled on the upper surtace, 
