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paullo angustata, glabra, rare ciliata. Inflorescentia $ terminalia, 

 sessilia, solitaria, 1*3 cm. longa, circa 1 cm. lata. Beceptaculum 

 5 mm. longum, conicum. Tnvolucri hracteae 5-6 seriatae, 9 mm. 



longae, circa 5 mm. latae, oblongae, acuminatae, apice acutae, 

 glabrae, ciliatae. Bracteae floriferae l'l cm. longae, lineares, paullo 

 superne clilatatae, apice actuae vel subacutae, sulcatae, glabrae. 

 Perianth// tubus 1 cm. longus, subteres, glaber ; segmenta 1 cm. 

 longa, linearia, glabra; limbus 4 mm. longus, lanceolato-lineai is. 

 apice obtusus. Antherae 3 mm. longae, lineares. Stylus L*6 mm. 

 longus, filiformis, glaber ; stigma 1 mm. longum, cylindricum, apice 

 obtusum. Squamae hypogynae 6 mm. longae, lineares. Inflores- 

 centia? sessilia, solitaria, 4 cm. longa, circa 4 cm. lata, subglobosa, 

 foliis circumdata. Bracteae florifereae ovatae, apice obtusae, con- 

 cavae, costatae, dense tomentosae ; inferiores rellexae. Perianth ii 

 tubus 1 mm. longus, plana, villosus ; segmenta 2-5 mm. longa, 

 linearia; limbus 1/5 mm. longus, ovatus, apice obtusus, glaber. 

 Stamonodia 0*75 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa. Stylus 1 cm. 

 longus, paullo inferne angustatus ; stigma 1 cm. longum, oblique 

 truncatum. Fructus 7 mm. longus, 9 mm. latus, obovatus vel 

 oblongus, externus convexus, internus planus, rugosus, glaber. 



8. Leucadendron Booclii, sp. nov. (Proteaceae-Proteeae) affinis 

 L. venoso, R. Br., sed stylish villosis, et bracteis ? glabris differt. 



Frutex 1-1-5 m. altus. Bamuli ? glabri ; ramuli 3 pilis debilis 

 villosi. Folia 1-8-4 cm. longa, 0-6-1-1 cm. lata, oblanceolata vel 

 elliptico-oblanceolata, apice distincte calloso-mucronata, basi angus- 

 tata, glabra, interdum pilis debilis pilosa, et in $ apice ciliata. 

 Inflorescentia $ sessilia, terminalia, solitaria, 1 cm. longa, circiter 

 1-3 cm. lata, foliis circumdata. Beceptaculum 7 mm. longum, 

 cylindricum. Tnvolucri bracteae 2-3 seriateae, 6-7 mm. longae, 

 4-6 mm. latae, ovatae, apice obtusae, interdum apice sacculatae, 

 glabrae, ciliatae. Bracteae florifera 7 mm. longae, lanceolatae, apice 

 obtusae, pilosae. Pcrianthii tubus 4 mm. longus, glaber, compressus ; 

 segmenta spatbulato-linearia, glabra ; limbus 3 mm. longus, linearis, 

 apice obtusus. Antherae 2 mm. longae, lineares. Squamae hypogynae 

 5 mm. longae, lineares. Stylus 6 mm. longus, teres, villosus; 

 stigma 2 mm. longum, cylindricum. Inflorescentia $ 1-3 cm. longa, 

 circiter 1-3 cm. lata, globosa. Beceptaculum 8 mm. longum, 

 cylindricum. Bracteae 5 mm. longae, 0-45-1-2 cm. latae, ovatae, 

 subacuminatae, apice obtusae, glabrae; extimae steriles, interdum 

 basi minute ciliatae. Pcrianthii tubus 7 mm. longus, compressus, 

 laterale villosus, aliter glaber; segmenta 2-5 mm. longa, linearia; 



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