J 5+ 



PROTEACEAE 



Fig. 78 /-. Witch's Jiroom on Protea Lepidocarpodendron L. From neighbourhood of 



Capetown. 1/2 nat. size. Photo, by E. J. Steer Tin's outgrowth consists of 

 several hundred dwarfed shoots of the Protea, and is due to a disease caused by the 

 mycelium of a fungus (probably belonging to Uredincae). Such deformed shoots 

 occur on various shrubs and trees, being fairly frequent on several species of Protea, 

 e.g. P. grandiflora, P. mellifera, etc. 



