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12. — A Contribution to the Knowledge of the South African Proteaceae. 

 No. II.— By E. P. Phillips, M.A., F.L.S. 



Leucadendron Muirii, Phillips (Proteaceae-Proteeae). 



Frutex, 3-P3 m. altus. Hamuli pubescentes vel glabri. Folia 

 crassa, carnosa, 1-3 cm. longa, '6-1 '2 cm. lata, spathulata, apice 

 aliquando obtusa aliquando retusa, basi angustata, glabra. Tnflores- 

 rentia $ solitaria vel 4-nata, terminalia, pedunculata, 2-3*5 cm. 

 longa, circa 1 cm. lata, ellipsoidea. Pedunculus 13-1' 7 cm. longus, 

 pubescens, bracteis ovatis acumiaatis ciliatis circa 3 mm. longis 

 tectus. Bracteae 1-6 mm. longae, 1-5 mm. latae, ovatae, acuminatae, 

 apice obtusae, sparse villosae, ciliatae. Tubus perianthii 1 mm. 

 longus, villosus ; lobi 1"5 mm. longi, lineares, villosi ; limbus 1*5 mm. 

 longus, ellipticus, apice obtusus, pubescens. Antherae 1 mm. 

 longae, oblongae. Stylus 3 mm. longus, glaber ; stigma clavatum. 

 Squamae hypogynae 1*5 mm. longae, lineares. Inflorescentia ? 

 solitaria, terminalia, pedunculata, 35 cm. longa, P2-P5 cm. lata, 

 ellipsoidea, obtusa. Pedunculus P3-P5 cm. longus, bracteatus. 

 Bracteae tioris crassae, 4 mm. longae, 6 mm. latae, acuminatae, 

 apice obtusae. Segmenta perianthii 4 mm. longa, linearia, apice 

 obtusa, l)asi paullo angustata, villosa. Ovarium 2-5 mm. longum, 

 2*5 mm. latum, compressum, semiorbiculatum, alatum, glabrum ; 

 stylus 3 mm. longus, glaber; stigma obliquum. Fructus. 5 mm. 

 longus, 5 mm. latus, planus, alatus. 



Cape Province : Pviversdale Division, Melkhoutfontein, on the 

 Kafir Kuils Eiver, near Still Bay and surrounding farms. 

 January 7th, 1914. Dr. J. Muir, 1234, 1235, and in Herb. Musei 

 Austro-Afric. 51 1 1, 6724. 



A bush -3-P3 in. high. Young branch-lets glabrous or pubescent; 

 older branches glabrous, smooth or peeling in membranous 

 scales, heaves similar in both sexes, thick, somewhat fleshy, 

 1-3 cm. long, -6-1-2 cm. broad above, spathulate, obtuse or 

 sometimes faintly retuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 glabrous. Male inflorescence solitary or 4-nate, terminal, peduncled, 

 2-3-5 cm. long, about 1 cm. in diameter, ellipsoid. Peduncle 

 1-3-1-7 cm. long, pubescent, bearing scattered ovate acuminate 



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