Protea.] CXVII. PROTEACEiE (baker and WRIGHT). 205 



shrub u}) to 8 ft. high. Heads terminating thick ohl leafless (nevei- leafy) branches. 

 Leafy branches Literal, slender. — Leucadendron angolense, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 917, partly. 



laO'wer Guinea. Angola: between the River Kubango and Mundongo and on 

 to Kiissiiiga,. 4580 ft., Baum, 920! Angola: Pungo Andongo, near the Condo 

 Cataract, 8400 ft., WeUvitsch, 1590b ! 



Mozamb. Slstr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Blan- 

 tyre (only one tree seen), Buchanan ! Rhodesia : Broken Hill, Rogers, 8031 ! 



28. P. angolensis, Welw. Apont. 586. A shrub or rarely small 

 tree up to 10 ft. high. Stem erect, up to 4 in. in diam. Leaves elliptic 

 or ovate, up to 5 in. long and 2J in. wide, usually obtuse, cuneate at 

 the base, glabrous, coriaceous ; main veins pinnate, smaller ones reticu- 

 late and obvious on both surfaces ; marginal veins thickened. Head 

 terminal, 5 in. in diam. ; bracts rigid except at the membranous 

 margin, obtuse, outermost 3 lin. long, innermost oblanceolate, 2J in. 

 long, 7 lin. wide, silky pubescent outside at tirst, soon glabrous and 

 reddish. Perianth 2J lin. long, white to rosy, angular below, filiform 

 and almost glabrous in the central part, larger and densely hairy in the 

 upper 5 lin. Anthers linear, 5 lin. long. Ovary subtended by brownish 

 silky hairs 8 lin. long; style only slightly longer than the perianth. — 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 196 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 165. 

 Leiicodendron angolense, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 917, partly. 



iMO-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in wooded places near Hanza de 

 Buniba and Condo, 3500 ft., Welwitsch, 1590! Huilla ; at tlie outskirts of rather 

 open forests near the River Monino, Welwitsch, 1598! open forest above Hnilla, 

 5600 ft., Pearson, 2652 ! Malange district, Gossweiler, 1018 ! Feira, Buchner, 54. 



XtXozamb. Blstr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland : Fwambo, south of 

 Lake Tanganyika, 5250 ft., Nutt ! 



Var. alhijlora, Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 380, and xxx. 296. Bracts densely white-pilose 

 except at the glabrous apex. 



Mozamb. I>istr. German East Africa : Uhehe, in pastures on plateaus near 

 Funda, 5200 ft., Qoetzey 720. 



Welwitsch's 1590 has numerous stems from the rootstock, probably owing to the 

 plant having been broken down and dormant buds afterwards stimulated to growth. 



29. P. EUiottii, C. H. Wright in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 328. A 

 shrub. Branches white-pilose when young, glabre>cent. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, 5J in. long, 2} in. wide, obtuse, cuneate and almost petioled at 

 the base, pilose when young, coriaceous, light green ; secondary nervea 

 ascending, prominent on both surfaces ; marginal veins thick. Heads 

 terminal, globose, 4 J in. in diam.; bracts adpressed-silky outside, outer 

 broadly ovate, inner oblanceolate, obtuse, 2 in. long, 5 lin. wide. 

 Perianth 1| in. long, densely shaggy, and with a tuft of hairs 4 lin. 

 long at the base; upper lip boat-shaped, lower narrow. Anthers linear, 

 3 J lin. long ; connective subulate above. Style a little longer than the 

 perianth ; stigma small . 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Gungeru, JElliott, 9 ! Dalziel, 69 I 



