Spatalla.| PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson). 697 
in the upper part; segments 3-4 lin. long, linear-spathulate ; 
claws tomentose ; limb ovate-elliptic, obtuse, tomentose or shortly 
villous ; anthers rounded; hypogynous scales 1 lin. long, linear ; 
ovary ? lin. long, oblong-ellipsoid, villous; style 2? lin. long, terete, 
obliquely inserted ; stigmatic disk } lin. long, elliptic, with a small 
conical projection on the face. S. Thunbergii, var. Dregei, Meisn.~ 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. 310. 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Cederberg Mountains, at Pakhuis Pass, 
Bolus, 9083! Pakhuisberg, Schlechter, 8611! 10814! Ezelsbank? Drége! 
20. S. procera (Knight, Prot. 76); a tall slender shrub up to 
8 ft. high ; branches hirsute or pubescent; leaves }-1 in. long, 
faleate, incurved, terete, rather slender, very acutely mucronate, 
subadpressed-pilose, at length glabrous; involucres 3-flowered, and 
containing another smaller involucre with a rudimentary flower, 
arranged in sessile or subsessile solitary or 2-6 terminal racemes, 
the latter 1}-2 in. long; subtending bracts 14-2} lin. long, linear 
or linear-lanceolate to ovate, acute, pubescent outside, shorter than 
or slightly exceeding the secondary peduncles, the latter ?~1? lin. 
long, hirsute; involucre 14~2 lin. long, subregularly tripartite to 
the base; segments ovate, acutely acuminate, pubescent outside ; 
perianth-tube $—} lin. long, glabrous ; segments 2} lin. long, linear- 
spathulate ; claw villous; limb elliptic, subacute, densely villous 
outside; anthers rounded ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, linear ; 
ovary oblong-ellipsoid, rusty-pubescent ; style 2} lin, long, sub- 
terete ; stigmatic disk } lin. long, almost circular, with a small 
central conical projection; fruit 1} lin. long, stipitate, ellipsoid, 
crowned by the persistent style. S. nana, Knight, lc. 8S. incurva, 
vars. a and B, R. Br. in Trans. Linn, Soc. x. 149 ; Roem. & Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. iti. 395; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 309, inel. vars. laxior, 
densior and Zeyheri, Meisn. Protea incurva, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 26, 
t. 3; Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. xiv. 138; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 516; Thunb. 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 128. 
Soutn Arrica : without locality, Roxburgh ! Gueinzius! Hornstedt! 
Coast Recton: Tulbagh Div.; Tulbagh Waterfall, Niven, 34! Roxburgh ! 
Witsenberg Range and Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1480! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 
Drége! Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Niven, 35! Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots 
Holland Mountains, Pappe! Zeyher, 3720 partly ! 
The bracts subtending the secondary peduncles are very variable in length and 
shape even on the same specimen. 
21. §. thyrsiflora (Knight, Prot. 74); a decumbent shrub ; 
branches tomentellous; leaves 3-1 in. long, faleate, subterete, 
subacutely and gradually mucronate, very shortly adpressed-pilose 
when young, at length glabrous and slightly shining; involucres 
3-flowered, and containing another smaller involucre with a rudi- 
mentary flower, arranged in dense sessile solitary terminal spikes, 
the latter about } in. long; subtending bracts about 2 lin. Jong, 
ovate, slightly acuminate, pilose, ciliate ; involucre 2-3 lin. long, 
