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14 -A Contribution to the Knowledge of the South African Proteaceae. 

 No . 3,_By E. P. Phillips, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., Assistant. 



LEUCADENDRON, R. Bt. 

 1 L Dmm,Phillips,sp.nov.(Proteaceae-Proteeae). Bami glabri. 

 Folia inferioria 5 cm. longa, l'B mm. lata, aciculana, subtus 



convexa, supra sulcata, apice acuta, glabra; folia superiors ad 

 1 cm lata, lanceolato-linearia, lanceolata, vel oblanceolata, apice acuta, 

 interdum tri-dentata, glabra. Inflorescentia ? 10 cm. longa, 4-5 cm . 

 lata, ovoidea, apice obtusa. Bracteae 15 cm. longae 2 cm lata*, 

 obovatae, apice rotundae, glabrae. Segmenta perianthii^ mm. onga, 

 •5 mm. lata, linearia, hirsuta. Stylus 4-5 mm. longus, linearis, glaber ; 

 stigma obliquum. Fructus junior niger, 8 mm. longus, 8-9 mm. lata., 

 orbiculatus, alatus, apice emarginatus, glaber ...'.,„ 



Kabboo Ekoion: Prince Albert Div., Mountain sides Zwartberg 

 Pass Ma Y 24th, Deas in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 9031, 9049. 



Branches glabrous ; bark light reddish-brown, the epidermis peeling 

 off m membranous flakes. Leaves of two kinds on the shoots ; he 

 lower 5 cm. long, 15 mm. broad, acicular, convex beneath channelled 

 above acute, glabrous ; the upper gradually widening to 1 cm. broad 

 above, lmceolatedinear, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, acute sometimes 

 3-toothed, glabrous, the uppermost forming a cup at the base of the 

 female inflorescence. Young female cone 10 cm. long 4-5 cm. in 

 diameter, ovoid, obtuse at the apex. Bracts 15 cm long, 2 cm. broad 

 above, obovate, rounded at the apex, glabrous; the lowermost barren 

 and -reeii ■ the fertile bracts brown. Perianth- segments 4'5 mm long, 

 •5 mm broad, linear, hirsute. Style 4-5 mm. long, linear, glabrous, 

 broadened above ; stigma oblique. Young fruit black, 8 mm. long, 

 8-9 mm. broad, orbicular, with a membranous wing, broadest and 

 emarginate round the apex, glabrous. 



This species belongs to a group of three species, viz L. platy- 

 spermum,L. xmulus, and L. Dregei, which has two kinds of leaves on 



