Frotea.] cxvii, proteace^e (baker and wright). 201 



lower Guinea. Angola : by the River Kubaugo above Chirumbu, 3900 ft,, 



Baum, 272 ! 



Native name " zuikerbosch.*\ 



17. P. Welwitschii, Engl, llocligebirgsjl. Trop. Afr. 196. A 

 tree 12-25 ft. high. Trunk nearly 1 ft. in diani. at the base; branches 

 spreading, naked below, leafy towards the apex, pilose when young. 

 Leaves dense, linear-oblong, tapering downwards, obtuse, 5 in. long, 1 in. 

 wide, pilose, slightly glabrescent. Heads solitary, terminal, 2-3 in. 

 in diam. ; bracts with rusty silky hairs outside, becoming glabrous at 

 the margins; outer ovate, 1 lin. long, 2 lin. wide; inner oblong, 1-1 J 

 in. long, 6 lin. wide. Perianth 1| in. long, pilose with white hairs 

 throughout, rusty when dried. Anthers linear, 4 lin. long, apiculate. 

 Style about 2 in. long, glabrous, slightly furrowed ; stigma slender, 

 clavate at the apex. — Leucadendron Welwitschii, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 018. 



]Lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in the more open mixed forests at No 

 Monino, near Lopollo, and at Quilengues, Welwitsch, 1600! 1602 ! between LopoUo 

 And Monino, Welwitsch, 16041 Benguella; Hailundo District, 5000 ft., Wellman ! 



18. P. congensiSy Engl. Jahrh. xxxiii. 129. Branchlets and leaves 

 •densely ashy-pilose. Leaves close together, erect, sessile, coriaceous, 

 linear-oblong, tapering towards both ends, subacute, 2j in. long, 9 lin. 

 wide. Heads subglobose, about 3 in. in diam. ; bracts densely brownish 

 silky, outer ovate, in about 4 series, 4-12 lin. long, innermost in 2 

 series, linear-oblong, \\ in. long, 4 lin. wide. Perianth rather longer 

 than the bracts, densely clothed with rusty hairs; tube compressed, 

 •oblong ; upper lobe of limb boat-shaped, 3-toothed, lower lobe narrow. 

 Filament narrowly cuneate ; anther narrowly linear, 2 J lin. long, J lin. 

 wide ; connective produced into a small cone. Ovary oblong, densely 

 clothed with long rusty hairs ; style longer than the perianth, thickened 

 below, tapering upwards. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Upper Congo, Marungu, Descamps. 



19. P. micans, Welw. Apont. bSQ. A caespitose undershrub 1-2 ft. 

 high ; rootstock hard and woody. Stems simple, rarely forked at the 

 Apex, villous when young. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, up to 4 in. 

 long and 1 in. wide, rounded at the apex, tapering towards the base, 

 coriaceous, villous, ''silky-hoary in the living state with long adpressed 

 whitish remarkably glistening hairs " ( Welwitsch) ; lateral nerves ascend- 

 ing at an acute angle. Heads terminal. Perianth 2 J in. long, shaggy 

 outside, "apparently white-rosy" {Welwitsch). Ovary densely covered 

 with rusty hairs 4 lin. long. Style after flowering 2J in. long. — LevAia- 

 dendron micans, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 918. 



Jto^rer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in billy places among low bushes 

 near Bumba, between Quisonde and Condo, Welwitsch, 1589 ! 



20. P. melliodoray Engl, d- Gilg iti Baum, Kunene-Sartih, Exped, 

 224k, Jig. 96. A shrub up to about 2J ft. high. Younger branches very 



