Plates 7 and 8. 



LEUCADENDKON stokoei. 



Cape Province. 



Proteaceae. Tribe Peoteeae. 

 Leucadendron, R. Br.; Benth. et HooJc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 169. 



Leucadendron Stokoei, Phillips sp. nov. 



Leucadendron Stokoei; Rami et ramuli glabri. Folia 7-8*5 cm. longa, 

 1-2*1 cm. lata, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi paullo 

 angustata, glabra. Injiorescentia $ 2 cm. longa, 2*5 cm. lata ; bractae 

 involucri 1*1 cm. longae, apice obtusae, glabrae viscidaeque, eximae 

 reflexae; bractae floris 1 mm. longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, apice 

 subacutae, basi villosae. Inflorescentia °. 2*5 cm. longa, 1-7 cm. lata ; 

 bractae involucri reflexae ; bractae floris 6 mm. longae, 1*1 cm. latae, 

 apice obtusae, sericeae. Fructus 7 mm. longus, 6 mm. latus, obovatus, 

 anguste alatus. 



Cape Province : Caledon Division, Standford, near Caledon, Stolcoe in National 

 Herbarium. 



The remarkable group of South African plants — the Pro- 

 teaceae — still continues to yield interesting novelties, though 

 it was monographed as recently as 1910. This is especially 

 true of the genus Leucadendron, on which much work remains 

 to be done. 



The specimens from which our illustration was made were 

 collected by Mr. T. P. Stokoe in the Klein Eiver Mountains 

 at Sinkerhausgat, near Standford, in the Caledon Division. 

 Mr. Stokoe has made some interesting discoveries in this 

 region, amongst which was this new Leucadendron which he 

 forwarded to the Division of Botany in September, 1918. It 

 is quite distinct from any other species of Leucadendron, inas- 

 much as the male inflorescence is surrounded by large bracts 

 giving it the appearance of a Protea. 



Desceiption : — Branches and branchlets glabrous. Leaves 

 7-8*5 cm. long, 1-2*1 cm. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, bluntly mucronate, slightly narrowed at the base, 

 glabrous, very finely glandular when seen under a lens ; leaves 

 surrounding the inflorescence longer. Male inflorescence hidden 



