Protea,] cxvii. proteace.e (baker and weight). 199 



pubescent; tube 1 lin. in diam. in the lower 5 lin., J lin. in diam. in 

 the upper 9 lin. ; limb 7 lin. long ; lobes linear, subulate, J lin. wide. 

 Anthers linear, 4 J lin. long. Ovary with rusty hairs 5 lin. long at its 

 base ; style If in. long, subulate, channelled above. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 A. 181. 



Mozamb. Bistr. British Central Africa: Xya salami ; Mount Milanji, 

 Whi/te, 30 ! 



12. P. Kirkii, C. H. Wright iiiKew Bulletin, 1909, 328. Branches 

 woody, terete, densely rusty-pubescent when young, glabrous in age. 

 Leaves sessile by a broad base, oblong, rounded at the apex, 4 in. long, 

 1 in. wide, glabrous ; lateral nerves conspicuous, spreading, prominent 

 on both surfaces; marginal nerves obvious. Heads sessile at the end 

 of the branches, 2 J in. in diam.; bracts tomentose outside, densely 

 ciliate, outer 3 lin. long, ovate, innermost oblanceolate, 1 J in. long, 2 lin. 

 wide. Perianth 1 J in. long, densely rusty hairy all over, in the lower 

 part with hairs 4 lin. long. Anthers linear, 3 lin. long ; connective 

 produced into a short subulate mucro. Style 1 J in. long, triangular. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa; Moramballa Mountain, 3000 ft., 

 Kirk ! 



13. P. abyssinica, Willd. Sp. PL i. 522. A shrub or tree up 

 to 9 ft. high. Branches pilose when young. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering to the base, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 about 6 in. long and 9 lin. wide ; veins loosely reticulate, obvious on 

 both surfaces ; marginal veins much thickened. Head terminal, tur- 

 binate ; bracts densely imbricate, silvery and silky outside, glabrous 

 inside, the outermost less than 1 lin. long, gradually increasing 

 inwards, innermost oblong, 1 J in. long, 5 lin. wide, all obtuse. Peri- 

 anth 10 lin. long, densely fulvous hairy on the upper 6 lin., 

 sparingly so in the lower part. Anthers linear, 4 lin. long. Style 

 about IJ in. long, reddish, triangular below, cylindric and much 

 more slender in the upper 5 lin. — Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 237 ; A. 

 Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 232; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 195; 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 104, 138, B. 294, C. 165; Schweinf. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 148. P. Gaguedi, Gmel. Syst. 225. — Gagitedi, 

 Bruce, Trav. Source Nile, v. 52, with two plates. 



Wile Iiand. Eritrea : Mount Oualid, 6800 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Siva, 2210 I 

 Gallabat : on tlie left bank of the Gendua River, Schweinfurth, 2396 ! Abyssinia: 

 Mount Lamalnon, Bruce ; Dabus River district and Baro-Sobat, BlundeLl ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 900 ! Uganda : Sibu, Nandi Country, James I 

 British East Africa : Eldania Ravine, 7200 ft., Hutchins ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : hills between Limekiln and Humpata, 6500 ft., 

 Pearson, 2647 ! 



Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo, Hoist, 2454! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Scott ! Rhodesia : Bulawayo and 

 Matopos, Kolbe, 3165 ! Matopo Hills, Rogers, 153 ! Chiraanimapi Mountains, 

 4000 ft., Johnson, 131 ! Mashonaland : Salisbury, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 260 ! 

 near Umghoosi River, Baines ! Valley of the Umzingwaini River, Baines ! 



