i $2 PROTEACEAE 



Leucospermum buxifblium. Twigs and leaves pilose or silky, sessile; the 

 flower-heads 3 — 5, aggregated at the ends of the branches, their involucre! 

 bracts brown, ovate-acuminate, pilose. Calyx pilose, the inner side red, three 

 segments separating tor about one-half of their length, the fourth one a little- 

 further, leaving the lower part at the tube entire. 



Leucospermum medium. Leaves glabrous, sessile, ovate, with a cordate 

 base and two or three callous-tipped apical teeth, 2 inches long. Heads large, 

 measuring with the expanded styles 4 — 5 inches in diameter, the perianth and 

 stvles being bright orange-red. 



A divaricatelv branched shrub, 2 — 5 feet high, with numerous very 

 beautiful heads, flowering in November and December. Frequent on hills 

 near Caledon and the adjoining districts. Flowers often visited by sun birds 

 (Cinnyris). 



Leucospermum lineure. With similar flowers but needle-shaped leaves; 

 frequent on the Stellenbosch and Paarl Mountains. 



Leucospermum hypopliyllum. A low shrublet, its branches creeping on the 

 ground, the leaves standing vertically upright, those originating on the lower 

 side of the branch with longer petioles, all elongate-spatulate, toothed at the 

 obtuse apex. Heads 1 — 3, terminal, subglobose, 1 — 3 inches in diameter, the 

 involucre conical, the bracts almost broader than long, with short points. 



Flowers numerous, fragrant ; calyx deep yellow, silky on the outer side. 



Fairly frequent in sandy plains, flowering in winter and spring. 



