704 PROTEACEX (Phillips & Hutchinson). | Sorocephalus. 
globose terminal racemes about } in. in diam. ; bracts subtending 
the secondary peduncles 5 lin. long, 14 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse, rough with short glandular hairs, ciliate ; secondary 
peduncles about 1} lin. long, nearly glabrous ; floral bracts 3 lin. 
Jong, about 1 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, glandular- 
puberulous, ciliate ; perianth-tube about } lin. long, ellipsoid, 
glabrous ; segments mauve, 34-4 lin. long ; claws filiform, glabrous 
or minutely puberulous, not spirally twisted ; limb 2 lin. long, 
ovate-elliptic, subobtuse, densely and villously bearded in the upper 
Aaalf, glabrous or slightly pubescent in the lower part; anthers 
nearly as long as the limb ; hypogynous scales 3 lin. long, linear ; 
ovary ovoid, pilose ; style 41 lin, long, slender, glabrous ; stigma 
} lin. long, subovoid, mostly acute. Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 
391; E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 77, 222 ; Meisn. in 
DC. Prodr. xiv. 305; Spreng. Syst. i. 470. Protea imbricata, 
Thunb. Diss. Prot. 38, t. 5, fig. 2; Linn. f. Suppl. 116 ; Lam. Tes 
235; Thunb. Prodr. 27 ; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 527 ; Poir. Encyel. v. 643 ; 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t.517 ; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 136. Soranthe 
glanduligera, Knight, Prot. 71. S. imbricata, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 582. 
Sourn AFRICA: without locality, Thunbery! Brown, Verreaux. 
Coast Region: Tulbagh Div. ; mountains near Tulbagh Waterfall, Niven! 
Bolus, 379 ! between New Kloof and Elands Kloof, Drége ! Winterhoek Mountain, 
near Tulbagh, Bolus, 5258 ! 
5. 8. phylicoides (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 304); an erect shrub 
3 ft. high; branches thinly pilose ; leaves 5-9 lin. long, linear, 
subobtusely mucronate, flat on the upper surface, subconvex OF 
slightly keeled below, sometimes thinly pilose especially when young, 
becoming glabrous and slightly scabrous when older ; heads about 
4-flowered, numerous in subglobose terminal clusters nearly } in. in 
diam. ; bracts subtending the secondary peduncles 2 lin. long, 
1} lin. broad, ovate, subacute, long-ciliate ; secondary peduncles 
1 lin. long, glabrous or nearly so ; bracts subtending the flowers 
lanceolate, submembranous, long-ciliate ; perianth-tube 1} lin. long, 
narrowly cylindric, glabrous in the lower, pubescent in the upper 
part ; segments 3} lin. long; claws slender, pubescent, slightly 
twisted ; limb 3 lin. long, ovate-elliptic, subobtuse, villous outside ; 
anthers } lin. long; ovary ovoid, pilose or nearly glabrous ; style 
about 4 lin. long, filiform, constricted at the base, glabrous ; stigma 
1 lin, long, subellipsoid, somewhat obtuse ; fruits 24 lin, long, 1 lin. 
thick, cylindric, glabrous, black and shining. Soranthe phyllicodes, 
O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 582. 
SourH AFRICA: without locality, Masson! Mund! 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh Div. ; near Tulbagh, Pappe ! 
CunTRAL REGION: Ceres Div. ; Witzen Berg and Skurfde Berg, Zeyher, 1468 ! 
Gydow, Schlechter, 9990 ! 
6. §. lanatus (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 142); branches — 
pilose when young, at length glabrous, purplish ; leaves erect, 
