Rami minute tomentosi. Folia 1-1°4 cm. longa, cylindrica, 
obtuse apiculata, supra unisulcata, juniora dense pilosa, demum 
glabra, Capitula im spicis subsessilibus terminalibus 1 cm. longis 
circiter 1°2 cm, latis. Jnvolucri bracteae 6-8 mm. longae, lanceo- 
latae, apice acutae, concavae, pilosae, dense ciliatae. Calyezs tubus 
2-2-5 mm. longus, superne pilosus, inferne glaber ; lobi 6°5 mm. 
longi, spathulato-lineares, paullo villosi, spiraliter contorti, parte 
apicali dilatata 1°3 mm. longa ovata vel elliptico-ovata subobtusa 
pilosa vel villosa barbigera. Stamina 0°6 mm. longa; antherae 
oblongo-lineares. Ovarium 1-1°5 mm, longum, ellipticum, rostra- 
tum, pilosum ; stylus 7°5 mm. longus, teres, apice angustatus, supra 
ovarium constrictus, glaber ; stigma 0°3-0°5 mm. longum, ellipticum 
vel ovatum, apice obtusum. S. danatus, R. Br., var teretifolius, 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 305. 
Soutnw Arrica. Worcester Div.: Dutoit’s Kloof, Drege. 
1189. Sorocephalus rupestris, Phillips [Proteaceae - Proteeae] ; 
S. teretifolio, Phillips, affinis, bracteis villosis et fructibus brevioribus 
differt, 
0°8-1-2 cm. longis circiter 8 mm. latis. Bracteae 3°5 mm. longae, 
lanceolatae, apice subacutae, glabrae. Jnvolucri bracteae 4-5 mm. 
longae, lanceolatae, subacuminatae, apice subacutae, dense villosae. 
Calycis tubus 2 mm. longus, cylindricus, glaber ; lobi 78-8 mm. 
longi, spathulato-lineares, villosi, parte apicali dilatata 1 mm. 
onga ovata obtusa dense villosa breviter barbigera. Stamina 
sessilia, 1 mm. longa; antherae ellipticae vel elliptico-ovatae. 
Ovarium 1 mm. longum, ellipticum, pubescens, breviter rostratum ; 
stylus 6-9°5 mm. longus, teres, e basi ad apicem sensim angustatus, 
supra ovarium constrictus; stigma 0°33 mm. longum, ovato- 
conicum, apice subacutum. Fructus 3 mm. longus, ovatus, apice 
obtusus.—Soranthe montana, Knight, Prot. p. 73; S. rupestris, 
Knight, Le. 
SoutnH Arrica. Caledon Div.: mouth of the Klein River, 
Niven ; Stellenbosch Diy. : tops of Stellenbosch Mts., Niven, 28. 
he parts of the flower in the Klein River specimen are larger 
than in Niven 28, but the material is too scanty to keep them 
specifically distinct as Knight did, especially as the two agree in 
vegetative characters. 
1190. Sorocephalus tulbaghensis, Phillips [Proteaceae-Proteeae] ; 
S. phylicoidi, Meisn., affinis, foliis levibus non asperis differt. 
rutex parvus, 23 em. altus. Rami pilosi, demum glabri. Folia 
0°6—-1°2 cm. longa, linearia, obtuse mucronata, supra concava, in 
convexa, sparse pilosa. Capitula 4-flora, in racemis terminalibus 
solitariis vel geminatis 1‘2-1°8 em, longis circiter 1:2 em. latis. 
‘Bracteae 3°5-5°5 mm. longae, 1-1°5 mm. latae, ovatae, vel lineari- 
lanceolatae, apice subacutae, 4-7-nerviae, pilosae, ciliatae. Pedun- 
‘culus 2 mm. longus, pilosus. Invelucri bracteae 3-3°5 mm. longae, 
15 mm, latae, ovatae, apice acutae vel subobtusae, 7-9-nerviae, 
pilosae, longe ciliatae. Calycis tubus 2 mm. longus, cylindricus, 
pubescens vel glaber; lobi 4°5 mm. longi, spathulato-lineares, 
