Protect.] cxvii. proteace^ (baker and wright). 203 



slightly tapering towards the base, straight or slightly curved, hairy on 

 both surfaces, sometimes glabrescent, parchment-like ; nerves obvious on 

 both surfaces, marginal ones distinct ; midrib whitish-rosy or yellowish 

 {Welwitsch). Heads terminal with one or two lateral, about 2 in. in 

 diam. ; outer bracts broadly ovate, gradually becoming larger inwards, 

 densely white-silky on the back, shaggy on the margins ; inner bracts 

 spathulate-oblong, 1 J in. long, 4 lin. wide, at first silky on the back, at 

 leiigth glabrescent except at the apex. Perianth about IJ in. long, 

 rosy, densely shaggy throughout; lobes linear, about J in. long. 

 Anthers about J in. long. Style IJ-lf in. long, white, sulcate along 

 one side, slightly curved below the stigma; stigma 4 lin. long, sub- 

 clavate at the apex, sometimes gibbous at the base. — Leucadendron 

 leucoblepharum, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI Welw. i. 919. 



IiO\irer Guinea. Angola: Hnilla; in the more open of the Moni no forests, 

 Welwitsch, 1599 ! in open mixed forests between Lopollo and the Monino, in 

 compiiny with otlur forms of this or allied species, IVelwitsch, 1601 ! 



24. P. myrsinifolia, Engl. (^ Gily inBaam, Kunene-Samb, Exped. 

 223. A shrub 6-10 ft. high. Branches greyish pilose when young, at 

 length quite glabrous. Leaves rather far apart, lanceolate, rounded at 

 the apex, 5-7 in. long, about 1 in. wide, loosely silky pilose near the 

 base (especially on the under surface) when young, almost glabrous 

 when mature, coriaceous, shining on both surfaces ; nerves numerous, 

 equally prominent and reticulated on both surfaces, marginal none. 

 Heads terminal on the branches, 3 in. in diam. ; bracts very numerous, 

 outside very densely long yellow or golden silky tomentose, inside 

 glabrous; outer ovate, acute, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. wide ; innermost oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, IJ in. long, 9 lin. wide. Perianth IJ in. long, 

 whitish, long and densely yellowish tomentose. Style after flowering 

 about If in. long. — Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 129. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola ; on hills not far from the River Kubango, near 

 Menemprenp, 4740 ft., Baum, 903 ! 



Native name " mujunge wandonga." 



25. P. trichanthera,5aA;er mZ^ewj^i^^e^m, 1909, 329. A shrub, 

 with finely hairy branches. Leaves shortly but distinctly petioled, 

 oblong, 5-6 in. long, 2J-3 in. broad, very obtuse, deltoid or rather 

 rounded at the base, ligidly coriaceous, dark green and glabrous on 

 the upper surface, paler and densely pubescent beneath ; lateral nerves 

 fine, raised, uniting in distinct intramarginal arches. Heads globose, 

 3 in. in diam. ; inner and central bracts oblong, 6 lin. wide, matted 

 with drab tomentum on the back in the lower part, naked towards the 

 tip. Perianth 2 in. long, glabrous from the base above the middle, 

 densely clothed with soft spreading drab hairs in the upper swollen 

 part. Anthers linear, hairy, 9 lin. long. Ovary densely hairy ; style 

 not exserted. 



Mozamb. Bistr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Tanganyika Plateau at 

 Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., Whyte. 



