Sorocephalus.] PROTEACEX (Phillips & Hutchinson). 705. 
3-} in. long, linear, subobtusely mucronate, keeled below, flat or 
slightly concave above, very sparingly pilose when young, soon 
becoming glabrous; heads about 6-flowered, crowded in dense 
terminal ovoid or subglobose spikes 3-1 in. long and about 3-3 in. 
in diam.; axis of the spike tomentose; bract subtending each 
individual head up to 24 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, ovate to ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, long-villous towards the margin ; floral bracts 
2} lin. long, about } lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, densely ciliate ; 
perianth-tube 2 lin. long, very narrowly cylindric, pubescent ; 
segments about 2 lin. long; claws slender, sometimes slightly 
recurved but not spirally twisted, shortly villous ; limb 4 lin. long, 
elliptic, obtuse, villous outside; anthers } lin. long; hypogynous 
scales } lin. long, linear ; ovary ovoid, pubescent ; style 33-4 lin. 
long, filiform, glabrous; stigma } lin. long, subellipsoid, obtuse ; 
fruits 3 lin. long, 1 lin. in diam., cylindric-oblong, shining, black, 
glabrous. Roem. d: Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 390 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
xiv. 304, excl. var. teretifolius. S. spatalloides, Sieber ex Meisn. 1.c. 
305, name only. Protea lanata, Thunb, Diss. Prot. 51, t. 3; Murr. 
Syst. Veg. ed. xiv. 139 ; Lam. Ill. i. 238; Thunb. Prodr. 26; Willd. 
Sp. Pl. i. 519; Poir. Encyel. v. 653; Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 
130. Soranthe ciliciiflora, Knight, Prot. 72 ; Salish. ex Spreng. Syst. 
1.470. 8S. lanata, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 582. 
Soutu Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! without collector in Herb. Forsyth. 
(at Kew)! and in Herb. Lindley ! 
’ Coast Recion : Malmesbury Div. ; Zwartland, Niven! 
7. 8. Schlechteri (Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 85); branches 
glabrous, light-purplish when young ; leaves 3-4 lin. long, linear, 
subobtusely apiculate, convex on the lower side, slightly concave 
above, glabrous ; heads 4-flowered, in terminal racemes 4—5 lin. long ; 
bracts about 24 lin. long, 1-14 lin. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
subacute, glabrous within, pilose outside towards and densely long- 
ciliate on the margin ; secondary peduncles 1 lin. long ; involucral 
bracts 2-2} lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, pilose outside, 
densely ciliate ; perianth-tube 1-1} lin. long, cylindric, glabrous ; 
segments about 2 lin. long, with a very slender nearly glabrous 
claw, and an oblong-elliptic obtuse densely villous limb $ lin. long ;. 
anthers nearly } lin. long ; ovary ovoid, villous ; style 2} lin. long, 
filiform, glabrous ; stigma } lin. long, narrowly ellipsoid, subacute. 
CenTRAL Region: Ceres Div.; Gydouw Berg, 6200 ft., Schlechter, 10230 ! 
8. 8. clavigerus (Hutchinson) ; an erect shrub about 3 ft. high ; 
branches thinly villous or pilose ; leaves } in. long, scarcely } lin. 
thick, rather sharply mucronate, narrowly grooved on the upper 
side, otherwise terete, rather densely pilose when young, soon 
becoming quite glabrous; heads terminal, subsessile, about } in. in 
diam. ; bracts 3} lin. long, subulate-linear, acute, villous with long 
weak hairs on the outside; perianth-tube 3 lin. long, glabrous ;. 
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