202 CXVII. PROTEACEiE (BAKER AND wkight). [Protett. 



densely silky tomentose, at length glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, tapering towards the base, 4 in. long, 1 in. 

 wide, densely dark yellowish silky when young, less densely so in age,, 

 coriaceous, opaque ; nerves equally prominent on both surfaces, none 

 truly marginal. Heads up to 3 in. in diam., solitary or as many as 8 

 near the ends of the branches ; bracts numerous, densely and shortly 

 white silky outside, glabrous and silvery inside (Baum), outer 2 lin. 

 long, innermost lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, 

 IJ in. long, 4 lin. wide; flowers honey-scented. Perianth 1 J in. long, 

 densely silky or villous with long dark yellow hairs. Style after 

 flowering 1^ in. long.— Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 130. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : by the Longa River near Miimesera, 4000 ft.,. 

 Baum, 653 ! 



21. P. uhehensis, £ngl. Jahrb. xxviii. 380. A shrub about 3 ft. 

 high, or sometimes a tree nearly 7 ft. high. Branches densely leafy, 

 softly pilose. Leaves coriaceous, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, white- 

 arachnoid on both surfaces, 4-6 in. long, up to 2 in. wide; lateral 

 nerves ascending, prominent on both surfaces. Bracts in 5 series,. 

 white-pilose outside and on the margins, outer ovate, 4 lin. long, inner- 

 most oblong, nearly IJ in. long. Perianth about IJ in. long, very 

 densely clothed with hairs, brownish in the lower part, rosy above ;^^ 

 lobes as long as the tube. Anthers narrowly linear, about 7 lin. long. 



Mozamb. Slstr. German East Africa : Uhehe ; northern Uchungwe Moun- 

 tains, on the undulating Higulu Plateau, 5880 ft., Goetze, 720. Higher plateau 

 north of Lake Nyasa, Thomson ! British Central Africa : Rhodesia ; Chimanimani 

 Mountains, 4000 ft., Johnson, 131 ! 



22. P. rubrobracteata, Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 299, t. 10. A shrub 

 about 20 in. high, with numerous branches up to 8 in. long, densely 

 ashy-tomentose when young. Leaves closely packed, sessile, lanceolate, 

 obtuse, 3J in. long, 9 hn. wide at the middle, uppermost narrower,, 

 thickly coriaceous, bluish-green, very shortly hairy ; lateral nerves 6-7 

 on each side, ascending at an acute angle, slightly prominent when dry. 

 Heads broadly turbinate, 2 J in. in diam. ; bracts coriaceous, pale red, 

 long white-pilose outside, densely ciliate, innermost about 1 J in. long, 

 5 lin. wide. Perianth 1^ in. long, pale red with long white hairs ; tube 

 7 lin. long ; upper lip of limb narrowly boat-shaped, 3-toothed, lower 

 narrow. Anthers narrowly linear, 2 lin. long ; connective prolonged 

 into an obtuse ovate appendage. Ovary oblong, clothed with long 

 rusty hairs; style \\ in. long, tapering from a thick base. 



Ifflle Ziand. British East Africa : Londiani, 7500-8000 ft., Battiscombe, 4 ! 

 Mozamb. Dlstr. German East Africa : Kinga (Livingstone) Range, Kingobo 

 Mountain, 4900 ft., Goetze, 1182. 



Native name " iuhanye." Extremely close to P. leucoblepharum, Baker. 



23. P. leucoblepharis, Baker. A tree 12-15 ft. high. Branches- 

 ascending, dusky, giabrate, at first pubescent and leafy at the tip. 

 Leaves oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 5 in. long, 1 in. wide, obtuse^ 



