196 cxviT. PROTEACE.E (baker AND wright). [Protea. 



of IG in., densely pilose when young, soon glabrescent. Leaves dense, 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate to linear, very acute or even pungent, long 

 cuneate at the base, 2-4| in. long, 3-5 lin. wide, silky-pilose when 

 young, at length quite glabrous, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, shining on 

 both sides; nerves prominent on both surfaces, 2 marginal. Heads 

 terminal, A\ in. in diam. ; bracts numerous, shortly white-silky outside, 

 glabrous and red inside, lower ovate-lanceolate, C-12 lin. long, upper 

 becoming gradually linear-lanceolate and up to 2 in. long, very acute. 

 Perianth rosy, densely long white-silky, H in. long. Style up to 2 in. 

 long after flowering, almost woody, pungent. — Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 129. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : by the Loiiga and upper psirt of the Quiriri Rivers, 

 4170 ft., Baum, 709 ! 



Allied to P. paludosa, Engl. 



3. P. Lemairei, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 30, t. S,Jig. 1-12. 

 A woody plant. Branches up to 1 ft. long, straight, clothed with long 

 hairs when yoiing, glabrescent. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, straight, 

 acute, IJ-SJ in. long, 1-3 lin. wide, sessile, with long silky hairs 

 adpressed on both surfaces, margins scabrous. Heads terminal, sessile, 

 up to 2^ in. long; bracts few, strongly imbricate, outer 2 lin. long, 

 inner 2 in. long, 4 lin. wide, obtuse, velvety outside, ciliate, glabrous 

 and rose-coloured inside, more or less spreading during flowering ; 

 receptacle conical. Perianth densely velvety with yellow hairs outside, 

 especially towards the apex, inflated at the base, about 2J in. long ; 

 upper lip shortly 3-toothed. Anthers linear, 2J lin. long. Ovary 

 covered with brownish hairs; style filiform, IJ in. long. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo ; Lukafu, Verdick. 



Mozamb. Distr. Nyasaland : plateau between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, 

 Lemaire. 



4. P. trichophylla, Engl. <i:Gilgin Baum, Kunene-Samh. Exped. 226. 

 A small shrub. Branches many, 12-15 in. high, arising from a thick 

 rootstock, very densely grey silky above, glabrescent below. Leaves 

 dense, linear or linear-lanceolate, 2|-3 in. long, 3-4 lin. wide, acute, 

 narrowly cuneate at the base, long and densely adpressed grey silky, 

 scarcely glabrescent, subcoriaceous, opa(jue ; veins loosely reticulate, 

 equally prominent on both surfaces, the marginal almost at the very 

 edge. Heads about 2 J in. in diam ., solitary at the ends of the branches ; 

 bracts few imbricate, very densely grey silky outside ; outer broadly 

 ovate, acute, 3 lin. long and wide ; innermost oblong-lanceolate, rounded 

 at the apex, about 1 in. long, 5 lin. wide. Perianth IJ in. long, very 

 long and densely grey silky. Style after flowering 1 J in. long. — Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxiii. 131. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : between the Kubango River and Mandongo and 

 on to Kassinga, 4740 ft., Baum, 918 ! 



Mozamb. Slstr. Rhodesia: by the Mohlunguslii River, Allen, 477! 



5. P. linearifolia, Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 296. An undershrub with 

 a very short rootstock. Branches erect, 1-1 J ft. high. Leaves rather 



