Nivenia.] PROTEACEA (Phillips & Hutchinson). 711 
the upper surface, glabrous ; the upper erect, entire, 1-2 in. long, 
4-1 in. broad, broadly obovate in the upper, gradually narrowed to 
the petiolar base in the lower half, coriaceous, glabrous on both 
surfaces, margins not or only very slightly cartilaginous ; heads 
4-flowered, spicate; spikes terminal, solitary, sessile or on a 
peduncle up to 1} in. long, 1-2} in. long, 14-14 in. in diam., 
subcylindric ; flowering axis rusty-tomentose, bearing subulate-linear 
very acute glabrescent bracts about 4 lin. long ; floral bracts 4, 17 
lin, long, 14 lin. broad, ovate, obtuse, densely rusty-villous outside, 
glabrous within ; flowers surrounded at the base by numerous long 
hairs; perianth-tube about 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous ; segments 
14 in. long, very slender ; claws shortly pubescent or tomentellous ; 
limb nearly 2 lin. long, linear, apiculate, shortly tomentose outside ; 
anthers 1-1} lin. long, linear ; hypogynous scales lin. long, linear, 
acute ; ovary with a ring of long hairs at the base, otherwise only 
very shortly pubescent ; style very slender, 14 in. long, glabrous, 
gradually tapered into a very narrow cylindric obtuse stigma # lin. 
long and about } lin. thick ; fruits 3} lin. long, ellipsoid, shortly 
beaked, glabrous. N. Sceptrum, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 299, as 
to Zeyher, 3713 B, and the following synonym. Leucospermum spathu- 
latum, Drége ex Meisn. l.c., not of R. Br. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens Berg, Drége! Zeyher, 3718b! 
Van Stadens Berg, near Galgebosch, Burchell, 4686 ! 
3. N. spathulata (R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 135) ; branches 
terete, glabrous ; leaves dimorphic ; the lower 2 in. long, bipinnately 
divided in the upper half, with the ultimate segments quite terete, 
about 4 lin, in diam., obtuse, glabrous ; the upper $—} in. long, 
erect, entire, broadly flabellate or suborbicular, obtusely and very 
shortly mucronate, abruptly narrowed into a petiolar base, rigidly 
coriaceous, glabrous and dull on both surfaces, with narrow carti- 
laginous purplish margins ; heads 4-flowered, spicate ; spikes terminal, 
solitary, about 1} in. long, ellipsoid or subeylindric ; flowering axis 
very densely villous-tomentose, bearing ovate-lanceolate caudate- 
acuminate densely villous bracts about 4 lin. long with a glabrous 
acumen ; floral bracts 4, about 3 lin. long and 1 lin. broad, lanceolate, 
acute or subobtuse, coriaceous, glabrous and shining within, silky- 
villous outside ; flowers surrounded by numerous long white hairs; 
perianth-tube about 1 lin. long, nearly glabrous; segments } in. 
long ; claws rather thick, straight in open flower, villous outside ; 
limb 14 lin. long, obtuse, not acuminate, villous outside ; anthers 
linear ; hypogynous scales } lin. long, linear ; ovary with a few long 
white hairs towards the base, otherwise shortly pubescent ; style 
} in. long, slender, broader and flattened towards the base, glabrous, 
gradually passing into the stigma which is 1 lin. long, clavate, 
obtuse. Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 385 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 
xiv. 300. N. marginata, R. Br. Le. 134; Roem. & Schultes, l.c.; 
Meisn. lc. N. parvifolia, E. Meyer in Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 
