290 
4. 8. caudata, Phillips. Rami glabri vel sparse pilosi. Folia 
1-1'5 cm. longa, linearia, apice acuta, mucronata, aliquid pilosa 
vel glabra. Capitula 3-4-flora, in racemis sessilibus terminalibus 
cylindricis solitariis vel 4-natis 2°5-6 cm. longis. Bracteae 5 mm. 
longae, ovatae,  subacuminatae, apice 
acutae, minute ciliatae, glabrae. 
Tsvolucrum bilabiatum ; labium in- 
erum tripartitum ; segmenta lateralia 
ovata, apice acuta, minute ciliata, 
2 mm. longus, superne pubescens, in- 
ferne glaber ; laminae 4 mm. longae, 
spathulato-lineares, villosae, apice 
dilatato 1 mm. longo ovato acuto 
oblique ovario insidens, persiptetis 
Stigma 0°5°mm. longum, conicum, 
obliqum. Ovarium ae villosum. Fructus sub- 
pedicellatus, 4-mm., longus, Keates superne pilosus. 
Spatalla caudata, R.Br. in Trans. Linn, Soc. x. 150; Roem. and 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. iii. 396 ; Tpaterame in DC. Prodr. xiv. 310 ; 
Protea caudata, Thunb. Diss. Prot. 26 t. 2. 
South Arrica. Caledon Div P almiet River, Masson ;. with- 
out precise locality in Herb. Purtguh (no collector). 
5. 8. propinqua, Phillips. Rami sparse pilosi. Folia 1:7-2 em. 
longa, filiformi la, apice acuta, mucronata, pilosa. Capitula 3—4-flora, 
in racemis : terminalibus pedunculatis circiter 9-natis 5-8 cm. longis. 
Bracteae 5 mm. longae, lanceo- 
latae, apice subacutae,  ciliatae, 
pilosae. Pedunculus 1 mm. longus, 
hirsutus. Involuerum 4 mm. lon- 
2S 
SSS mae 
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Ty SS 
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SS. 
: — SSS 
Tubus calycis 2°5 mm. longus, glaber ; 
laminae 3°5 mm. longae, spathulato- 
y lineares, a apice dilatato 
J mm. lon ovato  obtuso coe 
bigero eV ense _ villoso. tylus 
5 mm. longus, "grote abbas 
oe insidens. Stigma 0°5 mm. 
‘aml conicum, obliqum. ve ariu 
15 mm. longum, oblongum, villosum. Fructus ium. | arin 
2 mm. longus, obovatus, bitente us. 
_ Spatalla gi eoe R.Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 150: Meisner 
in DC. Prodr. xiv. 309; Protea australis, Poir. Bit iv, 579. 
SourH ech Without precise locality, Auge. 
