TaBuLa 3044. 
SPATALLA SQUAMATA, Meisn. 
PROTEACEAE. Tribus PROTEEAE. 
S. squamata, Meisn. in DC. Prodr. vol. xiv. p. 310; Phillips et 
Hutchinson in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. v. sect. 1, p. 688; species involucris 
1-floris plus minusve membranaceis extra subglabris, labio infero 
intra in costa media dense piloso, segmentis anticis spiraliter contortis 
limbis reflexis distinctissima. 
Frutex parva. Rami teretes, graciles, tenuiter pilosi vel fere glabri- 
Folia dense imbricata, adscendentia, linearia, acuta, mm. longa» 
circiter 0-75 mm. crassa, glabra vel parce pilosa. Involucra 1-flora 
in spicas terminales solitarias vel 2-3-natas sessiles 1-3 cm. longas 
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villosus. Antherae 0:75 mm. longae, appendiculatae. Squa 
hypogynae 3, ovato-lanceolatae, 0-75 mm. longae, carnosae, glabrae. 
Ovarium 1 mm. longum, pilosum ; stylus 6-5 mm. longus, subteres ; 
discus stigmaticus obovatus, 1 mm. longus, medio conicus. Fructus 
non visus. 
Sourn Arrica: Cape Colony ; Bredasdorp Division, Koude River, 
Schlechter, 9612; near Elim, Bolus, 7666, 7867; without locality, 
Thom, 164; Ludwig. 
Spatalla is a genus of small erect or spreading Proteaceous shrubs 
endemic to the Cape, and with a single exception, S. barbigera, Knight, 
confined to the South Western Region of the Colony. 5S. barbigera 
extends into the Prince Albert Division in the Karroo. The genus 
