398 
Polygonum senegalense, Meisn.; F.T.A. vi. i. 111. 
Tilde Filani, 3300 ft., 24 May, 2-3 ft. high in river bed, 
flowers white, No. 226. 
- Rumex abyssinicus, Jacg.; F.T.A. vi. i. 114. 
Plains between Hepham and Ropp, 4600 ft., 5 July, 2-5 ft., 
o. 367. : 
PROTEACEAE. 
Protea argyrophaea, Hutchinson, sp. nov.; affinis P. Elliottii, 
C. H. Wright, sed foliis multo angustioribus capitulis minoribus, 
perianthii limbo libero superne glabro differt. 3 
Planta lignosa 0-6-1-3 m. alta; rami laxe foliati, flexuosi, 
purpurei, glabri, demum leviter verrucosi. ola sessilia, oblique 
lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, subacuta, basi cuneata, 
7-15 cm. longa, 1-5-4 em. lata, rigide coriacea, glabra, utrinque 
laxe reticulata; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 10, prominuli, 
Kellett delt. y : ; 
Protea argyrophaea, Hutchinson. 1, leaf; 2, trifid perianth- 
Fig. 10 
limb; 3, free perianth-limb; 4, anther; 5, pistil. 
marginem versus multe ramosi, linea intramarginalem formantes. 
Capitula terminalia, solitaria, circiter 6 em. longa et 5 cm. 
diametro. Involucri bracteae 9-10 -seriatae, exteriores parvae, 
ovato-triangulares, circiter 3 mm. longae, intermediae late 
oblonge-ovatae, 3 em. longae, parce appresse lanatae, interiores 
spathulato-oblongae, fere 6 cm. longae, apice rotundatae et 
ciliatae, dorso appresse sericeae. lores albi. Perianthium 4 cm. 
longum, ad basin bipartitum, segmentis 3 connatis, limbo 1-3 cm. 
