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8. — Note on a Leucadendron found on the Cape Peninsula. — By 

 E. P. Phillips, M.A., P.L.S. 



In 1883 MacOwan distributed in the Herbarium Norm ale Austro- 

 Africanum, under the number 786, male and female specimens of a 

 Leucadendron found growing near Wynberg, and which he labelled 

 Leucadendron virgatum, R. Br. var. Wolley-Dod found the same 

 plant on the slopes of Miller's Point (Wolley-Dod, 2924), and last 

 July while out collecting I took specimens which were growing on 

 the mountain slopes above Smithwinkel Bay (Phillips in Herb. 

 Musei Austro-Afric. 4297). Growing intermixed with my No. 4297 

 were plants of L. salignum, R. Br. (Phillips in Herb. Musei Austro- 

 Afric. 4298), and there was no difficulty in at once distinguishing 

 these two plants in the field by their habit and general appearance. 

 I found that in the " Flora Capensis " * MacOwan 786 and Wolley- 

 Dod 2924 were quoted as examples of L. salignum, R. Br., 

 although MacOwan, who also collected L. salignum on the Cape 

 Peninsula (MacOwan in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric. 787 = Phillips 

 4298), kept his No. 786 quite distinct, as evidenced by his distribu- 

 tion labels. This apparent confusion led me to make a detailed 

 examination of all the specimens in our herbarium, with the result 

 that I have come to the conclusion that the specimens as represented 

 by MacOwan 786, Wolley-Dod 2924, and Phillips 4297, are quite 

 distinct from L. salignum, R. Br., and for which I propose the name 

 L. MacOwanii. Mr. J. Hutchinson, who collaborated with me in 

 working the genus Leucadendron for the "Flora Capensis," and to 

 whom I sent specimens of my No. 4297, reports : " As regards 

 Phillips 4297 I am a little doubtful. It is exactly equal to MacOwan 

 786 and Wolley-Dod 2684, which we decided were states of 

 L. salignum. The female bracts are not so hairy as in the 

 typical form, but otherwise I think they may be identical or 

 perhaps a var." 



Leucadendron MacOwanii, Phillips, sp. nov. (Proteaceae-Proteae). 

 Frutcx, 1-1-5 m. altus. Hamuli villosi vel glabri. Folia 2-4*5 cm. 



* " Flora Capensis," vol. v., p. 519. 



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