Frotea.] cxvir. proteace^ (baker and wright). 197 



dense, linear, acute, long cuneate at the base, 2J in. long, 2J lin. wide, 

 coriaceous, the uppermost sheathing the heads. Bracts brown, glabrous, 

 outer 1-4 lin. long and broad, ovate, middle oblong, innermost linear- 

 oblong, 9 lin. long, pale green tinged with red. Perianth as long as 

 the innermost bracts, white, oblong-tubular in the lower third, slender 

 in the central part, narrowly linear, concave and very shortly hairy 

 inside in the upper part. Anthers very narrowly linear, 3 lin. long. 

 Ovary clothed with long purple hairs ; style as long as the perianth, 

 tapering upwards. 



XVKozamb. Slstr. German East Africa : Kinga (Livingstone) Mountains, near 

 Lake Nyasa, 8800 ft., Qoetze, 1244. 



Native name " sihaenge." 



6 . P , p aludo sa, Engl. Ilochgehirgsjl. 1 'rop. Afr .196. An un dersh r u b 

 \-\\ ft. high. Stems decumbent, densely leafy throughout, slender, 

 rather wiry, densely pilose. Leaves linear- oblong, obtuse or subapicu- 

 late, up to 2J in. long and 4 lin. wide, coriaceous, rigid, at first thinly 

 pilose on both surfaces; nerves not very prominent, the two lateral 

 distinctly within the margin. Heads turbinate, terminal, turned at 

 right angles to the axis of the stem, 2\ in. in diam. ; bracts pale rose 

 to rosy purple, glabrous, white-cilia te ; outer 2 lin. long, IJ lin. wide, 

 ovate, becoming dusky red ; innermost linear or lanceolate, 2 in. long, 

 2J lin. wide. Perianth about IJ in. long, snow-white, shaggy with 

 spreading hairs. Anthers linear, 3 lin. long. Ovary densely clothed 

 with rusty hairs 4 lin. long ; style 2 J in. long after flowering. — 

 Leucadendron paludosum, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 'J 19. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; on the wooded, spongy slopes of pastures 

 in Morro de LopoUo, 5200-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1596 ! 



7. P. heckmanniana, Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 300, ^ 11. A much- 

 branched shrub, about 3 ft. high, with long ash-coloured hairs on the 

 young branches, leaves and bracts. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, up to 2 in. long and 6 lin. wide, coriaceous ; lateral nerves 

 obscure above, obvious beneath ; membranous margins narrow. Heads 

 a,bout 1 J in. in diam. ; bracts in 4-5 series, brownish, outer ovate and 

 2 lin. long, inner linear-oblong and 14 lin. long. Perianth white, 

 slightly longer than the inner bracts, densely rusty hairy outside. 

 Anthers linear, IJ liu. long. Ovary densely clothed with rusty hairs; 

 style slightly longer than the perianth. 



Moxamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Kinga (Livingstone) Range, on sunny 

 slopes and meadows of the Yamimbi Mountains, 7540 ft., Qoetze, 827. British 

 Central Africa : Nyasalund ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 174 ! 135 ! 



8. P. petiolaris, Welw. ex Engl. Hochgehirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 197. 

 A tree up to 20 ft. high; trunk J-IJ ft. in diam. at the base; 

 branches spreading, glabrate ; branchlets shaggy, densely leafy. 

 Leaves oblanceolate or narrowly oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base, 

 Z in. long, 6 lin. wide, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, margin membranous; 



